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Dr. Brittany Friedman

@curlyprofessor.bsky.social

🏹 Los Angeles |🌱Herbalist + Mystic | sociologist + professor | 📖 Author of CARCERAL APARTHEID | 🌹| www.brittanyfriedman.com

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Dr. Brittany Friedman@curlyprofessor.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My latest commentary on California’s enduring, systemic problem of officers orchestrating gladiator fights among incarcerated youth and adults, often pitting different racial and ethnic groups against each other. goldenstatereport.substack.com/p/the-la-juv...

The L.A. juvenile hall 'gladiator fights' are part of a bigger, violent guard culture

And occasionally indicting 'bad apple' officers won’t fix the problem, as the cases now falling apart at the Los Padrinos juvenile hall show.

goldenstatereport.substack.com

Prison Policy Initiative@prisonpolicy.org · 3mo ago

"The system uses isolation as its ultimate weapon of control... they wield it against anyone who dares to maintain their dignity or fight for basic human rights" Incarcerated writers @kwanetaharris.bsky.social & @chriswblackwell.bsky.social on the torturous reality of solitary:

“Designed to Break You:” Two Incarcerated Writers on the Heavy Toll of Solitary Confinement

The authors of a new book on solitary answer your questions about their experiences with isolation and the movement to end the torturous practice.

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Dr. Brittany Friedman@curlyprofessor.bsky.social · 4mo ago

News came in yesterday evening! I’ve been promoted to Associate Professor of Sociology w/ tenure and the day before I learned my book Carceral Apartheid is a finalist for the SSSP C. Wright Mills Book Award! What a surreal week and gratitude is how I feel ❤️ we did it! 🪻🌹🌸🌺🌷🌻🌼🐉🦈🦋🐬☀️🙏🏼🪽

Inquest@inquest.bsky.social · last yr.

"Prison is not a place that solves violence. Prison is a place that replicates that violence and extends it out." —Gina Dent ('Abolition. Feminism. Now.') helps us imagine an abolitionist future. A collab with ‪@ruwithsonali.bsky.social‬ and ‪@sevenstories.bsky.social‬ inquest.org/building...

Building Toward Abolition - Gina Dent & Sonali Kolhatkar - Inquest

Abolition wouldn’t guarantee a society free from harm—but it could create a society in which the ways we address harm actually help people rebuild their lives.

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Inquest@inquest.bsky.social · last yr.

"All these white people did not know each other personally, but they all knew what team they were on, and they all knew they were white, together, and that we were not." @curlyprofessor.bsky.social‬ on how racist solidarity works as a form of policing. inquest.org/united-i...

United in Hate - Brittany Friedman - Inquest

White civilians often spontaneously cooperate in acts of racial hatred. It’s a web of racist solidarity that Black people know all too well.

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Dr. Brittany Friedman@curlyprofessor.bsky.social · last yr.

Appreciate @inquest.bsky.social publishing this excerpt from my book Carceral Apartheid: How Lies and White Supremacists Run Our Prisons. @uncpress.bsky.social

Inquest@inquest.bsky.social · last yr.

"We continually witness the power of white solidarity across class, law enforcement, and personal boundaries—even if the actors are complete strangers—in support of the collective decimation of Black people." @curlyprofessor.bsky.social w/ @uncpress.bsky.social‬ inquest.org/united-i...

Phil Mandelbaum@philmandelbaum.bsky.social · last yr.

“Everything from social media posts to metadata about phone calls to the purchase information collected by data brokers to location data showing every step taken is available to law enforcement… without a warrant.” ALERT: The High-Tech Tools Police Use to Surveil Protesters @themarshallproject.org

Here’s how cops are using high-tech tools to monitor protesters

When Americans take to the streets to make their voices heard, they’re inevitably dragging their digital trails right along behind them.

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WIRED@wired.com · last yr.

NEW: The CBP confirmed to @404media.co that it has been flying Predator drones over LA amid the protests. These Predator B drones are military-caliber UAVs used for aerial reconnaissance that can be armed. It further breaks the seal on federal involvement in civilian matters. More here:

Dawn Durante@dawnd.bsky.social · last yr.

@curlyprofessor.bsky.social’s CARCERAL APARTHEID delves into how prisons suppress Black political movements, revealing the broader themes of deception, empire, corruption, and white supremacy in American mass incarceration. #JPPseries

Carceral Apartheid | Brittany Friedman | University of North Carolina Press

It is impossible to deny the impact of lies and white supremacy on the institutional conditions in US prisons. There is a particular power dynamic of racist ...

uncpress.org

Politics and Rights Review@polrightsrev.bsky.social · last yr.

Prof. Brittany Friedman argues that carceral obedience is not natural but imposed. Her work traces how state violence shapes identity and suppresses authenticity. Abolition begins by rejecting obedience and reclaiming collective freedom. @curlyprofessor.bsky.social

We Were Never Meant to Obey: Weaving Abolitionist Constellations

Abolition is not obedience undone, but freedom reclaimed. This essay weaves abolitionist constellations as maps toward justice and inner truth.

politicsrights.com

Dr. Brittany Friedman@curlyprofessor.bsky.social · last yr.

Thanks so much for highlighting my recent interview with AAIHS! www.aaihs.org/carceral-apa...

Carceral Apartheid: An Interview with Brittany Friedman - AAIHS

In today’s post, Dr. Robert Greene II, the President of AAIHS and Assistant Professor of History at Claflin University, interviews award-winning sociologist Dr. Brittany Friedman about her first book,...

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Ben Railton@americanstudier.bsky.social · last yr.

I know this holiday means different things for folks, but 1 thing we all can agree on: my 224th #ScholarSunday thread features a mother lode of public scholarly writing, podcast eps, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Share widely & enjoy, all!🗃️ americanstudier.substack.com/p/scholarsun...

UNC Press@uncpress.bsky.social · last yr.

"My book uplifts the voices of Black political prisoners who saw clearly what the state was doing—and dared to resist." @robgreeneii.bsky.social interviews @curlyprofessor.bsky.social, author of CARCERAL APARTHEID, for AAIHS Black Perspectives blog. Read it now 👇 www.aaihs.org/carceral-apa...

Carceral Apartheid: An Interview with Brittany Friedman - AAIHS

In today’s post, Dr. Robert Greene II, the President of AAIHS and Assistant Professor of History at Claflin University, interviews award-winning sociologist Dr. Brittany Friedman about her first book,...

aaihs.org