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The connections between prisons and environmental problems are not immediately obvious. In this chapter, we explore two dimensions we characterize in terms of “geopolitics” and “biopolitics.” Our approach emphasizes the vantage point of environmental justice (EJ) ethics. Of particular concern are two of the original seventeen “Principles of Environmental Justice” adopted at the first EJ Summit in October 1991, a historic gathering widely viewed as launching the network-building phase of the modern-day EJ movement and is seen today as one of the most successful and influential movements affecting environmental protection in the post-civil rights era (see Bullard 2005).
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Richards, S., Peña, D.G. (2017). An Environmental Justice Critique of Carceral Anti-ecology. In: Nocella II, A., Ducre, K., Lupinacci, J. (eds) Addressing Environmental and Food Justice toward Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-50822-5_7
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