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The Road to Abolition
Exploring abolition — both in imagination and in practice — and the movement toward a more liberated future.
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![Demonstrators from the Audre Lorde Project's "Safe Outside the System Collective" participate in a march against police brutality in October 2006.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/01/Building-Community-Safety-Practical-Steps-Toward-Liberatory-Transformation-400x300.jpg)
We Want a World Without Police. These Organizers Are Charting the Way.
A new anthology explores strategies and tactics for building safety through transformative justice.
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Fighting for Reforms Isn’t Enough. It’s Time We Reach for Prison Abolition.
Our communities cannot be safe within a system that fights harm with greater harm.
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Abolishing Private Prisons Is a Start, But It Will Not End Mass Incarceration
Private prisons are a symptom, not the cause of mass incarceration.
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Prison Is Not Rehabilitation, It Is Modern-Day Slavery
Prison is racism. Prison is vengeance. Prison is disproportionately inflicted upon descendants of enslaved people.
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No Matter Who’s Elected, We Must Keep Demanding More
Democrats are advocating for more progressive priorities -- thanks to grassroots activists.
![Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez talks to reporters before heading into the U.S. Capitol Building, September 27, 2019, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/10/2019_1008-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-400x300.jpg)
AOC Is Talking About Prison Abolition. Will She Take Action?
Up until now, no politician would be caught dead defending abolition.
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How Can We End Child Sexual Abuse Without Prisons?
A new book shares essays by 40 Black survivors on what accountability could look like outside of the prison system.
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We Must Abolish Prisons to Rebuild Communities Fractured by Mass Incarceration
We can begin by transforming our relationships to one another, say abolitionist activists.
![Electronic monitoring is not a better alternative to incarceration because it sets you up to fail.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/08/2019_0828-electronic-surveillance-2-400x300.jpg)
Let’s Fight for Freedom From Electronic Monitors and E-Carceration
Electronic monitoring is not a better alternative to incarceration, because it sets you up to fail.
![The Soledad Brothers from left to right: Fleeta Drumgo, 26; John W. Cluchette, 28; and George Jackson, 29.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-515343006-400x300.jpg)
The Murder of George Jackson and the Modern Anti-Prison Movement
Through his writings and leadership, George Jackson embodied the legacy of the anti-prison movement.