People with Disabilities and Mass Incarceration

Every day in America, almost two million people are incarcerated in jails and prisons. Although disability and Deaf communities have received less attention in conversations about mass incarceration, well over half of people behind bars have at least one disability.

In this webinar, presenters Jordan Landry and Kaitlin Kall will provide an overview of the mass incarceration of people with disabilities; discuss how ableism, audism, and racism intersect resulting in vast disparities; and unpack some of the specific harms and injustices faced by people with disabilities and Deaf people when they encounter the criminal legal system.