The Carceral State
Understanding mass incarceration as a system.
Enrollment Fee
$75
Sliding scale available upon request
Duration
2 sessions
Group Size
Max 20 participants
Next Session
August 19, 2026
Format
Live, facilitated
About This Workshop
A deep examination of mass incarceration — its history, its political economy, its racial logic, and its relationship to other systems of control. Participants develop a comprehensive analytical framework for understanding the carceral state and its alternatives.
"This workshop is designed for participants who want to move beyond surface-level critique and develop a rigorous, grounded analytical framework for understanding and challenging systems of power."
What You'll Cover
- History of mass incarceration
- Political economy of the prison system
- Racial capitalism and control
- Abolitionist alternatives
Your Facilitator
LaDonna Sanders Redmond
Historian, Educator & Founder, The Abolitionist Challenge
LaDonna Sanders Redmond is a historian, educator, cooperative leader, and organizational consultant whose work explores the intersection of race, democracy, cooperative economics, restorative justice, and institutional transformation. For more than three decades she has worked with nonprofits, cooperatives, public institutions, and community leaders to build equitable organizations grounded in dignity, accountability, and shared power.
Credentials
- —Founder, The Abolitionist Challenge
- —Founder, Redmond Consulting
- —M.L.A. candidate in History, Harvard Extension School
- —Research focus: Black women's testimony before the 1871 Ku Klux Klan hearings
- —Nationally recognized speaker, facilitator, and public scholar
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The Carceral State
2 sessions · Live, facilitated
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