Voices from the Inside

“Deftly navigating the analytical, strategic, and creative political impact of the California Coalition for Women Prisoners, Voices from the Inside is a gift—and perhaps a working blueprint—for serious practitioners, organizers, scholars, and students of abolitionist praxis. This book dwells in a feminist archive of world-making radicalism that has been in the making for over three decades.”—Dylan Rodríguez, author of White Reconstruction: Domestic Warfare and the Logics of Genocide and Counterinsurgency Machine, and founding member of the Critical Resistance organizing collective

“Voices from the Inside is a powerful contribution to abolition feminism scholarship and praxis. Through archival research and a deep commitment to centering the often-overlooked voices of incarcerated women and gender-expansive people, Tamanika Ferguson develops critical insights about feminist knowledge production, inside-outside organizing, and sustaining liberatory movements in the face of state repression. Each page brims with hope, possibility, connection, and care.”—Chez Rumpf, author of Recovering Identity: Criminalized Women’s Fight for Dignity and Freedom

“With the growing interest in abolition and the growing community efforts toward abolition, Voices from the Inside is a timely contribution to discussions and debates surrounding incarcerated women in California. Dr. Ferguson excels at integrating a wide grasp of literature from various disciplines while remaining sensitive and respectful to historically marginalized groups.”—Janet Garcia-Hallett, author of Invisible Mothers: Unseen Yet Hypervisible After Incarceration