Prisons must fall
"We come to see the prison as a child sees it. Prisons hurt people and leave them lonely, without loved ones to comfort them or lend a listening ear. As dandelion stars float up in the air, this dreamscape becomes a hope-scape, where love transcends the prison walls. All the families and friends of...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago, IL :
Haymarket Books,
2025.
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| Summary: | "We come to see the prison as a child sees it. Prisons hurt people and leave them lonely, without loved ones to comfort them or lend a listening ear. As dandelion stars float up in the air, this dreamscape becomes a hope-scape, where love transcends the prison walls. All the families and friends of the people in the prison march and protest in beautiful song, march together to a new way and a new dawn--in this case a cooperative housing and community center, next to a neighborhood greenhouse for restoration and healing"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm |
| ISBN: | 9798888904411 |
| Author Notes: | Olly Costello is a white queer illustrator, PIC abolitionist, food growing enthusiast and community seed saver, who is committed to participating in the creative, collective work of building a liberated and flourishing future for all of us. Through their artistic and community based practices they explore themes of interconnectedness, spiritual ecology, emergence, accountability, community building, Prison Industrial Complex Abolition, Transformative Justice and belonging. Jane Ball is a social worker, artist, parent, children's yoga instructor, and creative collaborator. She spent the early years of her career assisting survivors of domestic violence and their children, in navigating systems that did not serve them. She has worked in multiple communities to organize youth, engage in creative resistance, counsel folks in crisis, and advocate for children with disabilities. Jane regularly uses art and movement as mediums to engage in self-reflection and explorechallenging questions, with young people. This work has inspired her to explore a multitude of possibilities, what-ifs, opportunities, and alternatives to the many inequitable and destructive systems folks will encounter during their lifetime. She remains hopeful. " |
