Against Carceral Infrastructure w/ Mon Mohapatra

About this episode

Beatrice speaks with Mon Mohapatra about organizing strategies against carceral infrastructure.

This episode was originally released June 30th 2025 for Death Panel patrons. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Beatrice speaks with Mon Mohapatra of Community Justice Exchange (CJE) about their new resource “If They Build It: Organizing Lessons & Strategies Against Carceral Infrastructure,” a resource looking at the strategies deployed in anti-carceral organizing over the last few decades for strategies to strengthen future campaigns against carceral infrastructure and to strengthen future organizing against all types of cages. Find the resource here: https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/en/resources-all/if-they-build-it-organizing-lessons-amp-strategies-against-carceral-infrastructure We're testing out a new Bookshop.org page (still under construction), where you can find books by past guests and book recommendations from the hosts. Find it here: bookshop.org/shop/deathpanel Show links: Get Health Communism here: https://bookshop.org/a/118130/9781839765179 Find Tracy's book Abolish Rent here: https://bookshop.org/a/118130/9798888902523 Outro by Time Wharp…

People in this episode

Host: Beatrice

Guest: Mon Mohapatra

Topics covered

• carceral infrastructure
• anti-carceral organizing
• community justice
• organizing strategies
• prison abolition

Keywords

• carceral infrastructure
• organizing lessons
• anti-carceral
• Community Justice Exchange
• prison abolition
• strategies
• cages

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Community Justice Exchange, Death Panel, Bookshop.org, Time Wharp

Books & works: If They Build It: Organizing Lessons & Strategies Against Carceral Infrastructure

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