Contemporary Eugenics in US Prisons
By Aimee Murphy — Editor's Note: This is part 2 of a 2 part series on forced sterilization of incarcerated humans. It is also part of our sereis in solidarity with the ongoing National Prison Strike. At the intersection of racism, ableism, and cruelty to prisoners lies the horrific history of forced sterilization of those incarcerated by the state. Perhaps shockingly, the United States Supreme Court has never overturned Buck v. Bell, the court case which enshrined the compuls