Truthout
The Road to Abolition
Exploring abolition — both in imagination and in practice — and the movement toward a more liberated future.
In Black August, We Turn Destructive Spaces Into Laboratories for Liberation
This is not just a month of mourning — it's a time for mobilization and recommitment to prison abolition.
I Survived a Deadly Disease in Prison. No One Else Should Have To Face It.
Valley fever disproportionately impacts people targeted by mass incarceration. California can move to prevent this harm.
8 Prisons in Virginia Lack AC in 108-Degree Heat. I Am Stuck in One of Them.
My bunk gets sweaty when I lay it in. The walls sweat, too — you can see it. We're in an oven. It's too hot.
Prison Is Designed to Make Fatherhood Impossible
Connections with caregivers are key for children’s well-being, but the prison system is designed to tear families apart.
“Bending the Bars” Rap Album Fights Damaging Stereotypes of Incarcerated People
“Bending the Bars” rips away bipartisan propaganda by letting incarcerated artists speak their truth.
I Wrote This From Solitary Confinement. I Refuse to Let It Break Me.
“The hole” is a prison within a prison, where I’m just another number without a name.
Having Survived Solitary, I Refuse to Conflate the Imaginable With the Possible
White supremacy might limit what we can easily imagine, but through writing, we can shape more liberatory futures.
Martin Sostre’s Life Teaches Us Revolutionary Moments Are Always Upon Us
Sostre laid a foundation for contemporary Black anarchism and prison abolition. A new biography finally tells his story.
Report: US Police Killed Someone Every 6.5 Hours on Average in 2024
Police killings hit a record high last year, with Black and Indigenous people disproportionately targeted.
I’m 1 of More Than 600 People on CA’s Death Row. Newsom Must End Death Penalty.
Twenty-three states have abolished the death penalty. California should join them in ending state-sponsored executions.