Justin Piché, PhD is Full Professor in the Department of Criminology and Director of the Carceral Geography (Col)laboratory at the University of Ottawa, which is located on unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin Anishinaabe Territory. He is also co-editor of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons. Since 2006, Professor Piché has been involved in research documenting and advocacy opposing prison construction, including as a member of the Criminalization and Punishment Education Project and the Coalition Against Proposed Prisons. Recent publications include Pain in Vain: Penal Abolition and the Legacy of Louk Hulsman (Red Quill Books, 2023) and How to Abolish Prisons: Lessons from the Movement Against Imprisonment (Haymarket Books, 2024 with Rachel Herzing).