This book has so far outlined three distinct points of co-occurring disadvantage—race, gender, and colonialism—underpinned by violence, and supported by corresponding theoretical lenses, to form an intersectional framework unique to incarcerated First Nations women. The three-point intersectional lens established throughout this book aids an exploration of how these points interact for First Nations women and how they contribute to, and perpetuate, the crisis of over-incarceration for this population. The unique strength of this Australian-focussed three-point intersectional lens is demonstrated through its application to the 2020 death in custody of First Nations woman Veronica Nelson, Victoria, Australia. This chapter uses Nelson’s story to provide space and opportunity to interrogate the ways in which race, gender, and colonialism intersect in a legal setting of deep colonialism. The chapter begins by introducing Nelson and her life, before turning to the facts and the circumstances of her death. Significant attention is paid to the Coroner’s Inquiry into Nelson’s death, using the report as a base from which to draw constructions of Nelson as Other, in the context of prison as a necropolitical space operating in tension with biopolitics.

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Veronica Nelson

  • Megan Beatrice

摘要

This book has so far outlined three distinct points of co-occurring disadvantage—race, gender, and colonialism—underpinned by violence, and supported by corresponding theoretical lenses, to form an intersectional framework unique to incarcerated First Nations women. The three-point intersectional lens established throughout this book aids an exploration of how these points interact for First Nations women and how they contribute to, and perpetuate, the crisis of over-incarceration for this population. The unique strength of this Australian-focussed three-point intersectional lens is demonstrated through its application to the 2020 death in custody of First Nations woman Veronica Nelson, Victoria, Australia. This chapter uses Nelson’s story to provide space and opportunity to interrogate the ways in which race, gender, and colonialism intersect in a legal setting of deep colonialism. The chapter begins by introducing Nelson and her life, before turning to the facts and the circumstances of her death. Significant attention is paid to the Coroner’s Inquiry into Nelson’s death, using the report as a base from which to draw constructions of Nelson as Other, in the context of prison as a necropolitical space operating in tension with biopolitics.