Truthout
The Road to Abolition
Exploring abolition — both in imagination and in practice — and the movement toward a more liberated future.


The Problem With Bail Isn’t the Bondsmen, It’s the State
The story of SB 10 is a familiar one of policy reform gone haywire.

“Exhaling a Low Freedom Song”: Jackie Wang on Carceral Capitalism
The state is using carceral techniques to fill revenue gaps created by shrinking tax bases.

Myths About “Violent Offenders” Compromise True Safety
Our obsession with false boogeymen takes hundreds of millions of dollars away from programs that create real safety.

Seeing Dystopia and Dreaming Abolition at the US-Mexico Border
Abolition of prisons and borders requires the dismantling of our fascist systems of law enforcement first.

A Jailbreak of the Imagination: Seeing Prisons for What They Are and Demanding Transformation
Seeing justice done without relying on the barbarity of carceral systems.

We’ve Got to Break This Mindset That Policing Is the Only Tool
Alex Vitale discusses his book "The End of Policing."

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Abolitionists From Around the World Gather to Plan for the End of Prisons
The US prison system was born in slavery and colonialism.

Take a Page From the South: A Black, Queer, Socialist Practice
The resistance must be open to different experiences.

Black and Trans in North Carolina: The Fight for Justice Continues
Trans folk of color often have no other way to speak than to act, says community organizer and activist Ashley Williams.

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In the Fight to Close Rikers, Don’t Forget Deaf and Disabled People
People with disabilities are among the hardest hit by the crushing weight of mass incarceration.