To have a radical analysis of pain means to understand and see where pain is created, who profits from it, and how deeply we rely on it as a major form of social control.

New essay on prison abolition from a chronic pain perspective at The Inquest: https://inquest.org/the-pain-of-punishment/

The Pain of Punishment | Sonya Huber | INQUEST

Criminalizing pain medicine has led patients to despair while the carceral state forces their medical decisions. But it has also opened avenues for solidarity between pain sufferers and incarcerated people.

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