Andrew M. Jefferson
@andrewmjefferson.bsky.social
Prison scholar, writer, enabler. Seeking Justice and Exuberance. Organising Against Punishment. And trying to formulate an abolitionist aesthetics of resistance. Working on justice-related issues in Myanmar and Sierra Leone.
1000s of political prisoners remain in custody in Myanmar. Today, my friend and colleague Tomas Max Martin and I join with others around the world to stand in solidarity with those criminalised by the brutal illegitimate regime, and ther families who suffer with them. #blueshirtday #blueshirt4burma
New special issue from Justice, Power and Resistance Expanding global conversations: prisons and punishment in Latin America Guest edited by @fanoavila.bsky.social & @andrewmjefferson.bsky.social bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... @europeangroup.bsky.social #Prisons #LatinAmerica
It was such an incredible pleasure to see you all at the Group’s conference in Malmö. A true abolitionist earthquake, a space to flourish, think, organise, conspire and act against the global punitive culture! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
#BurmaStorybook follows poet #MaungAungPwint as he manages life after imprisonment under #Myanmar ’s military government. Watch #PetrLom ’s vision of a recovering nation September 1-8 for Screen Southasia. Sign up to watch: bit.ly/ScreenSoutha...
Latest issue of Justice, Power and Resistance now available, check: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... @frasoliman.bsky.social @andrewmjefferson.bsky.social @bschcnetwork.bsky.social @critcrim.bsky.social @ccse-ljmu.bsky.social @unenormecampo.bsky.social @statewatch.bsky.social
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Yesterday we had our public #launch, where we discussed south-north partnerships and considerations when researching confined lives. 🌱
Major new report out today from SCCJR on the number of deaths in custody. ❗️Prison deaths in Scotland have surged to 64 in the last year. bit.ly/deaths-in-cu... Watch this short video to find out the key stats👇
1/10 Here I am yesterday at Books & Company in Copenhagen introducing a new co-produced book published by @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social explaining how come the Myanmar military were so easily able to weaponize the criminal justice system following the military coup in 2021. @dignitydk.bsky.social
On 8th April, I'll be speaking at VERNAC TALKS by DIGNITY Vernacular Accountability Project. My talk, Restoring Harmony, explores how Nasa Indigenous justice in Colombia offers a restorative and collective model for human rights accountability. DM me for the Zoom link. @cahr-york.bsky.social
Check out this new collection featuring the abolitionist thought of early socialists and anarchists #academicsky #prisonabolition #socialism #anarchism
We rally against gendered violence. Why are we silent about prisons? womensagenda.com.au/latest/we-ra...
We rally against gendered violence. Why are we silent about prisons?
If we are serious about ending violence against women, we must demand an end to the prison system that disappears and brutalises them.
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Out now!! bookstore.emerald.com/everyday-pri...
Everyday Prison Governance in Myanmar - Andrew M. Jefferson|Nai Hla Yin|Lynn Tar Yar|Nwe Thar Gi|Bihlo Boilu|San Tayza
Everyday Prison Governance in Myanmar analyses prison life in Myanmar during a short-lived period of democratic transition. The accounts of former prisoners reveal the realities of everyday life illuminating survival strategies, landscapes of emotion, and power dynamics.
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New report from friends at AAPP in #Myanmar. It documents the struggles that persist for ex- prisoners after prison. As we approach the 4th anniversary of the coup it’s vital we continue to attend to the harms generated by the Junta's brutality aappb.org?p=31062 @dignity.dk #politicalprisoners
Struggle for Survival: Resilience in The Face of Prison's Aftershocks
AAPP and DIGNITY Launch Groundbreaking Report on Post-Imprisonment Challenges in Burma (Press Release) The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners of Burma (AAPP) and DIGNITY today unveiled a p...
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Friends of mine have edited an important book on punishment in Latin America bookstore.emerald.com/punishment-i...
Punishment in Latin America
Challenging the Northern-centric approach that has dominated the literature on punishment-and-society, this collection draws on innovative theoretical perspectives to make sense of punishment, penal trends, institutions and practices in peripheral settings, taking Latin American countries as its case studies.
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[1/5] The editors of the new book provide an overview of 24 chapters, exploring the nature, findings, and implications of border control scholarship. They reflect on the intersection of theoretical and empirical work and normative philosophical questions: https://buff.ly/3ZSmd8k
Call for abstracts: Situated Struggles - Amplifying abolitionist practices. #justice #carceralabolition Check link for full details. www.european-group.org/wp-content/u...
Poetry as a route to reenchantment? The “romantics” as a source of inspiration for today’s contemporary catastrophes? Possibilities for a prefigurative aesthetics? I’m learning a lot from this book. Anyone else?
In our latest, Rachel Herzing and Justin Piché join us to discuss what abolitionist movement wins tell us about taking the long view in organizing work and their new book, How to Abolish Prisons: Lessons from the Movement Against Imprisonment www.patreon.com/posts/110969...
How to Abolish Prisons w/ Rachel Herzing & Justin Piché (09/02/24) | The Death Panel
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Enjoyed reacting to this book yesterday at its online launch. #globalprisons #abolition www.bloomsbury.com/uk/carceral-...
Carceral Worlds
We live a world in which the number of prisons is growing and experiences of incarceration are increasingly widespread. Carceral Worlds offers a necessary and t…
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Watch out for this. A unique look into prisons in Myanmar before the military coup from the first-person perspective of former prisoners.
