Uyen Hoang: Climate justice means prison abolition

For the past year, I have been a volunteer with the University of Utah Prison Education Project (UPEP), a program that provides on-site college courses to incarcerated students.As an environmental studies major, I find that many people are confused when I tell them I volunteer with UPEP.“Why are you involved with something that doesn’t relate to your major?” they ask.What they do not realize is that environmental justice also means prison abolition.A recently released investiga