Evacuation Plan — Products of Our Environment

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EVACUATION PLAN, published by the Vera Institute of Justice, is a collaboration between Jared Bozydaj, Isabel Lane, Jane Robbins Mize, and David Pellow (POE) & Adam Roberts and CM Campbell (DrawBreath Studios).

How We Made Evacuation Plan

Notes & Planning from the Visiting Room

Initial outline & notes (Isabel/Jared)

Updated outline

Sketch from visit at Fishkill (Isabel, Jane Robbins, and Jared)

Story Draft

For concrete steps toward environmental justice in New York State prisons, read the policy brief inspired by our work on Evacuation Plan.

See more work by Adam Roberts at https://adamrobertswrites.substack.com/ and on Instagram @adam_drawseverything. You can also read Jared Bozydaj’s recent reporting on the lack of air conditioning in New York State prisons at the Prison Journalism Project here.

Funding and support from the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities (PPEH), the Intersecting Energy Cultures Working Group (IEC), and the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment (ASLE) Collaborative Work Grant.