An intersectional approach to understanding the challenges facing incarcerated women
Keywords:
Eugenics, Psychiatric disability, Sterilization, Systemic neglect, MarginalizationAbstract
This essay examines the intersection of mass incarceration, disability, and gender, highlighting that women—especially women with disabilities—are the fastest-growing incarcerated population in the U.S. With high rates of psychiatric and physical disabilities, incarcerated women face systemic neglect and abuse in prisons unequipped for their needs. Historical ties between disability, criminality, and eugenics contextualize ongoing mistreatment. The author argues that prison reform must adopt an intersectional lens to address compounded marginalization based on race, gender, disability, and sexuality, emphasizing that without such an approach, the root causes and effects of mass incarceration will persist.
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