What is Carceral Ecologies?
We are a collective group that draw upon our institutional training and knowledge in order to supplement and expand on the formalized documentation of violence that occur within carceral systems. We work on a variety of projects researching the injustices of the prison industrial complex as they intersect with environmental injustices. All of these projects are community engaged or community led with a wide variety of partners, ranging from currently incarcerated individuals in the deep south to local LA groups like Dignity and Power Now and Stop LAPD Spying.
Carceral Ecologies Media
The climate cost of L.A.’s police choppers
For their unnecessary joy rides over L.A., celebrities have been called “climate criminals.” What, then, should we call the L.A. police?
The environmental terrorism of police choppers
The unequal surveillance by L.A.'s most notorious aerial polluters provide yet another example of why climate change and racial justice are inseparable.
The LAPD says it needs helicopters. An audit found most flights aren’t for ‘high priority’ crimes.
The LAPD says it needs helicopters. An audit found most flights aren’t for ‘high priority’ crimes.
They say sheriff’s helicopters buzz lowest over Black homes, and they’re out to prove it.
Law enforcement helicopters routinely buzz around Greater Los Angeles. But in certain neighborhoods, they swoop in — low and loud.
Why the Noise of L.A. Helicopters Never Stops
The L.A.P.D. says it has the largest local airborne law-enforcement unit in the world. A recent audit found little evidence that its choppers deter crime.
LARB
LARB Quarterly, no. 39: Air
