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Industrialized Bodies: Women, Food, and Environmental Justice in the Criminal Justice System

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Addressing Environmental and Food Justice toward Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline

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The Industrial Food System (IFS) and the Prison Industrial Complex (PIC) are industries that originate from corrupt relationships between corporations and the government to perpetuate disenfranchisement among Communities of Color for maximum profit. Both industries silence retaliation by repressing minority groups through physical and economic barriers to success. The PIC and the IFS are driven by neoliberalism, a brutal form of market capitalism in which corporations seek profit and social control through deregulation and privatization (Giroux, College Literature 32(1):2, 2005).

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    Caitlin Watkins

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  1. Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado, USA

    Anthony J. Nocella II

  2. Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA

    K. Animashaun Ducre

  3. Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA

    John Lupinacci

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Watkins, C. (2017). Industrialized Bodies: Women, Food, and Environmental Justice in the Criminal Justice System. 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_8

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