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The Work and Us is an inside/outside participatory research project, that supports imprisoned people in conducting social movement research.

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Importantly, there are supplemental materials you can use with the book or on their own here: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/resources-al...
Prisons Must Fall — Interrupting Criminalization
Prisons Must Fall is a powerful children’s book showing the harm that prisons cause and exploring abolitionist solutions, such as meeting people's basic needs, restorative justice, and community suppo...
www.interruptingcriminalization.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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Story 2: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/resources-al...
BDNH Storytelling Project: When Healing Becomes Resistance: Interrupting HIV Criminalization — Interrupting Criminalization
In this zine and audio story, an advocate and an attorney share an intimate story about the power of community and policy, and the role of health care providers in the movement to end HIV criminalizat...
www.interruptingcriminalization.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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If you want to support our project or learn more about our work, please email us at theworkandus@gmail.com or DM us @the-work-and-us.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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You can check out a piece we released in @inquest.bsky.social to get a sense of our methodology. We use participatory research as an entry point to bring incarcerated people into the abolitionist movement and engage in political education. inquest.org/why-incarcer...
Why Incarcerated People Work - Inquest
A new research project seeks to understand present prison labor conditions—and build a path toward lasting freedom.
inquest.org
December 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
the-work-and-us.bsky.social
Black background with white and orange logo. An image of two hands reaching out to each other on the bottom. White and orange text that reads: “Want to know more about our work? Check out our website or send us an email. We would love to connect with you. Website: https://theworkandus.com Email: theworkandus@gmail.com“
December 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Follow us on Instagram (@thework_and_us), Twitter (@TheWorkAndUs) and Bluesky, check out our website at theworkandus.com, support us, and help us get the word out!
Orange background with white “Work and Us” logo. Image of a laptop showing charts displayed on the screen in the bottom right corner. Text in black and white reads: “In 2026, we will launch our newest initiative: a one year Incarcerated Research Fellowship. We will train a cohort of people in prison on participatory research methodology with a grounding in abolitionist principles.”
December 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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After a little hiatus, we are officially relaunching the project and are expanding our work to include an Incarcerated Research Fellowship. Because we believe that people inside are experts of their own experiences.
Black background with a white and orange “Work and Us” logo. Text in white and orange reads: “Since the early stages of our project, we have prioritized a participatory methodology that engages directly with incarcerated people, not only to generate richer insights into prison conditions but also to democratize the research process. For example, we designed and launched a survey to better understand prison labor from the perspective of incarcerated people across the U.S. and received 370 responses from people inside.”
December 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM