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EPISODE · May 27, 2026 · 14 MIN

What Is Carceral Feminism?

from SWOP Behind Bars Advocacy from the Margins · host Swopbehindbars

Carceral feminism is a branch of feminist politics that relies primarily on policing, prosecution, incarceration, and other punitive state mechanisms as the main tools for addressing gender-based violence, sexual exploitation, trafficking, and abuse. It treats punishment as a path to liberation  -  but critics argue that in practice, it often strengthens the very systems that harm the people feminism claims to protect. Carceral feminism didn't begin as a conspiracy. It began as a strategy.

Carceral feminism is a branch of feminist politics that relies primarily on policing, prosecution, incarceration, and other punitive state mechanisms as the main tools for addressing gender-based violence, sexual exploitation, trafficking, and abuse. It treats punishment as a path to liberation  -  but critics argue that in practice, it often strengthens the very systems that harm the people feminism claims to protect. Carceral feminism didn’t begin as a conspiracy. It began as a strategy.

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