A review by 11corvus11
Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex by Eric A. Stanley

5.0

I hesitantly gave this book 5 stars because about 2/3+ of the contributions are heavily academic and not accessible to the vast majority of people including most people in prisons. That said, if you look at it more as a book for folks who need to understand prisons and prison abolition better, it's a great book for that. There were a few more accessible essays in it from people currently or formerly in prison that most folks could get into. There are some great tidbits of queer history that folks don't generally know about. And the very academic ones offered some great elaborations to many abolitionist questions folks get regarding things like hate crimes laws, specialty prisons, and so on. Overall, recommended. But, don't feel bad if it's too academic for you.