We can begin by transforming our relationships to one another, say abolitionist activists.
Mass Incarceration
Electronic monitoring is not a better alternative to incarceration, because it sets you up to fail.
Under “accountability laws,” people are convicted of murder just because they were present during the crime.
Those most likely to be jailed multiple times a year are poor, unemployed and without a high school education.
The platform condemns America’s “overly-punitive approach to public safety.”
Formerly incarcerated people are pushing for laws to stop solitary confinement.
Without changing existing power relationships, restoring voting rights for people in prison is meaningless.
To stop Trump’s crackdown, we must repeal immigration laws from 1996.
CoreCivic and GEO Group, the two largest private prison companies, stand to lose $1.9 billion in financing.
Shutting out parolees from the two most basic civic institutions, the jury and the ballot, threatens democracy.