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Abolition
We Must Move Beyond the Era of State-Sponsored, State-Celebrated Murder
Let’s build a world in which the torture of Christa Pike — or anyone — is unthinkable.
Incarcerated Women Are Pushing for Decarceration, Not “Trauma-Informed” Prisons
Organizers discuss how they are fighting new women’s prisons in Vermont, Massachusetts, and Illinois.
The Movement to Abolish ICE Is Gaining Momentum
As activists rally around federal legislation to dismantle ICE, Amnesty International joins the call for abolition.
Releases, Not Transfers, Must Be at the Center of Prison Closure Plans
As former residents of a California prison, we celebrated its closure but abhorred the punitive transfer process.
“Woke 1” Narratives Suggest the US Was Briefly Ruled by the Left. It Wasn’t.
The US wasn’t remade according to abolitionist or socialist movement demands. Now fascists wield the machinery of power.
States Claim to Invest in “Humane” New Prisons — But Prisons Were Never Humane
The historical record shows that the glossy language of “reform” contributes to the normalization of prisons and jails.
Is There a Future Without Incarceration? Abolitionist Art Shows Us One.
Prison abolitionist art creates a future to briefly live in, and from that place, turn and look at our present.
Jewish Holiday of Shavuot Links Economic Justice With Expanding Social Freedom
The divisions the ruling class manufactures and depends upon hinder the universal liberation that the Torah envisions.
Visuals Help Expose the Realities of Mass Incarceration to a Wider Audience
A Brooklyn exhibition in collaboration with Mariame Kaba features paintings about prisons, incarceration, and abolition.
PA’s Abolitionist Organizers Win Victory Against Mandatory Life Without Parole
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling is part of a nationwide trend to challenge life without parole sentences.