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The Road to Abolition
Exploring abolition — both in imagination and in practice — and the movement toward a more liberated future.
I Survived Death Row, But I’ll Never Escape It
During my 13 years on death row, I saw 12 people executed at the hands of the state. I can’t describe the horror I felt.
Abolitionists Are Fighting Against the Surveillance State in Their Neighborhoods
The ShotSpotter system manufactures urgency for aggressive police deployments.
Diversifying the Police Force Won’t End Police Violence
Hiring a diverse police force may change what cops look like, but it doesn't change what policing means and does.
Voters Reject Policing Overhaul in Minneapolis — But Activists Aren’t Deterred
Alternatives to policing are already being built in Minneapolis.
Minneapolis Set to Vote on Dissolving Police Department
A ballot question that would fold police into a public safety department has defined the race for mayor.
Looking to Get Cops Off Your Campus? Start Here.
Last year’s uprisings have created fresh starting places for campus-based abolitionist organizing.
Bipartisan Reforms Often Expand Prisons and Police. We Need Abolition Instead.
If the system is functioning as it is designed to, then “reform” will almost always find ways to reinforce the norm.
Don’t Just “Close” Prisons — Demolish Them and Reinvest Their Funding
A “closure” sometimes means the use of prisons as training sites that perpetuate oppression elsewhere.
Incarcerated Organizers Call for Mass Actions in August to Abolish Prisons
This Black August, incarcerated organizers are calling on supporters to step up in the spirit of abolition.
Say Your Prayers, Conservatives! Prison Abolitionists Are Reclaiming Faith.
While conservatives promote more state violence, religious people of different faiths are doing radical liberatory work.