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- Title
Thermal (In)equity and incarceration: A necessary nexus for geographers.
- Authors
Colucci, Alex R; Vecellio, Daniel J; Allen, Michael J
- Abstract
Despite overall societal progress in reducing adverse impacts of heat and cold, incarcerated populations remain highly vulnerable to environmental stressors. Incarcerated populations experience a combination of risk factors related to their physical health and well-being that increase their thermal vulnerability: social isolation, disproportionate mental health issues, comorbidities, limited mobility, and a reliance on external factors to provide a safe, healthy environment. In carceral spaces, thermal exposure agitates these already complex situations, shaping a confluence of various economic, political, and ecological intersectionalities. This synthesis contextualizes the ongoing scholarship on climate change, thermal exposure, the built environment, and public policy, to examine thermal inequities experienced by incarcerated populations. In examining this context, we connect our work to carceral geographies, the geographies of violence, racial capitalism, and abolition ecologies. Ultimately, the review highlights how physical geographers may directly converse with critical geographers, promote equity and environmental justice, and work to reduce adverse impacts of extreme temperature events.
- Subjects
GEOGRAPHERS; ENVIRONMENTAL justice; SOCIAL isolation; IMPRISONMENT; GOVERNMENT policy
- Publication
Environment & Planning E: Nature & Space, 2023, Vol 6, Issue 1, p638
- ISSN
2514-8486
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/25148486211063488