Addressing mass incarceration through smart decarceration initiatives is one of the Grand Challenges for Social Work named by the American Academy of Social Work Welfare and Research. The exponential growth of the U.S. prison system is largely due to legislation that targets marginalized communities, including people of color, poor people, people with mental illness, and those living with disabilities, as well as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people of all ages. In this article, we seek to complicate the current conversation on smart decarceration by arguing that social workers committed to addressing mass incarceration should engage abolitionist theory, politics, and organizing in their work in order to effectively address the root causes driving the buildup of the prison nation. We engage feminist and queer theories as two theoretical interventions that can guide this work. We next describe how LGBTQ+ youth enter the criminal legal system, highlighting how normative systems of gender and sexuality subject LGBTQ+ youth to punitive policing, surveillance, and discipline. Finally, we share three models of prison abolitionist organizing led by LGBTQ+ people of color as case studies. By examining how these organizations embrace queer and feminist abolitionist frameworks, we identify concrete ways that social workers can adopt abolitionist principles and practices in their work to address mass incarceration.

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Queering Smart Decarceration：以LGBTQ+年轻人的体验为中心，想象一个没有监狱的世界

通过巧妙的解禁计划解决大规模监禁是美国社会工作福利与研究学院命名的社会工作面临的重大挑战之一。美国监狱系统的指数级增长主要是由于针对边缘化社区的立法，包括有色人种、穷人、精神病患者和残疾人，以及女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、变性人和酷儿(LGBTQ+) 各个年龄段的人。在本文中，我们试图通过认为致力于解决大规模监禁的社会工作者应该在他们的工作中参与废奴主义理论、政治和组织，以有效解决推动监狱建设的根本原因，从而使当前关于智能监禁的对话复杂化。国家。我们将女权主义和酷儿理论作为可以指导这项工作的两种理论干预措施。我们接下来描述 LGBTQ+ 青年如何进入刑事法律体系，强调性别和性行为的规范体系如何使 LGBTQ+ 青年受到惩罚性警务、监视和纪律处分。最后，我们分享了由 LGBTQ+ 有色人种领导的三种废除监狱组织的模型作为案例研究。通过研究这些组织如何接受酷儿和女权主义废奴主义框架，我们确定了社会工作者可以在他们的工作中采用废奴主义原则和实践来解决大规模监禁的具体方法。监督和纪律。最后，我们分享了由 LGBTQ+ 有色人种领导的三种废除监狱组织的模型作为案例研究。通过研究这些组织如何接受酷儿和女权主义废奴主义框架，我们确定了社会工作者可以在他们的工作中采用废奴主义原则和实践来解决大规模监禁的具体方法。监督和纪律。最后，我们分享了由 LGBTQ+ 有色人种领导的三种废除监狱组织的模型作为案例研究。通过研究这些组织如何接受酷儿和女权主义废奴主义框架，我们确定了社会工作者可以在他们的工作中采用废奴主义原则和实践来解决大规模监禁的具体方法。