Join us in our conversation with Carolyn Sufrin, MD, PhD, in which we discuss how “reproduction is everything,” particularly in her research and advocacy around the reproductive wellness of incarcerated individuals. Working on the now and thinking through what a future system may look like, we explore with Carolyn: “what does it mean to care in a space of punishment?”  

SOURCES AND SCHOLARS MENTIONED 

Carolyn Sufrin, Jailcare: Finding the Safety Net for Women Behind Bars (2017) 

Advocacy and Research on Reproductive Wellness of Incarcerated People 

Clifford Geertz 

John and Jean Comaroff 

Carlos Martinez 

Panel chaired by Carolyn Sufrin: “Eugenics and Population Control: Racism and Reproduction in Public Health”  

Michel Foucault 

Robin D. G. Kelley 

Ian Whitmarsh 

Angela Garcia    

Lorna Rhodes   

Dorothy Roberts  

Loretta Ross 

Monica McLemore 

Lisa Stevenson 

Michele Goodwin  

Crystal Hayes 

Article by Carolyn Sufrin on "complicity consciousness," which was just published: Carolyn Sufrin, "Complicity Consciousness: The Dual Practice of Ethnography and Clinical Caregiving in Carceral Settings"