Colby College ‘abolitionist’ professor studies ‘carceral disruptions’ with $187,000 NEH taxpayer grant

Colby College ‘abolitionist’ professor studies ‘carceral disruptions’ with $187,000 NEH taxpayer grant

The National Endowment for the Humanities is currently funding a Colby College book project on “carceral disruptions and community resistance” to the tune of $187,000 by a prison “abolitionist educator.” The taxpayer-funded NEH grant runs through September 2026, and will help anthropology Professor Catherine Besteman study “mass incarceration” which she says is a “is a broken, harmful… Source