In this episode I speak with Anthony James Williams abolitionist and sociologist. Their work examines racism and the carceral continuum across both prisons and public urban spaces. Anthony sees harm reduction as a fundamental principle for conducting research and producing scholarship. Anthony is writing their first book manuscript that examines the racism embedded in solitary confinement practices and prisonwide lockdowns in California state prisons. Prior to their current role as an Associate Program Officer & Project Manager at the Spencer Foundation, they were the Race and the Carceral State Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow at College of the Holy Cross in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology. Anthony started their educational journey at their local community college and earned their Ph.D. in Sociology from UCLA. More about Anthony and their work here: https://www.antjwilliams.com/