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Mass Incarceration
I Watched My Neighbor Die a Preventable Death Due to Scorching Heat in Prison
Breathing was hard for all of us in the heat. I screamed for help when he collapsed but it didn’t come soon enough.
Volunteers Play a Key Role in Breaking Down the Patterns That Enable Prisons
During my decades behind bars, I’ve watched community volunteers help fight the invisibilization that props prisons up.
This Fourth of July, I’m in My 26th Year Behind Bars for Cannabis
A victim of the “war on drugs” reflects upon watching the fireworks from prison.
Communication Crackdown in Federal Prisons Has Been Operating Quietly Until Now
“Double contact bans” disrupt the means by which prisoners may assert their rights and dissent to their treatment.
Why Trump’s Conviction Does Not Complicate My Abolitionist Politics
While this moment has generated satisfaction for many, the terrain of injustice we are navigating remains unchanged.
Survivors of Prison Staff Abuse Say Transfer to New Facilities Hasn’t Ended Harm
When FCI Dublin closed, people were transferred to a dozen prisons where they face ongoing mistreatment and retaliation.
Formerly Incarcerated People Face “Forever Punishment” in Collateral Sanctions
Collateral sanctions enable the power structure to penalize those it deems “unworthy” and “undesirable.”
“To Be Free Is to Free Others”: Formerly Incarcerated Women Urge Decarceration
The fight to free women and end mass incarceration is long and ongoing, but these activists aren’t giving up.
Public Health Finally Sees Incarceration as a Crisis. Abolition Is the Solution.
Backed by research, more public health advocates are opposing projects that harm rather than heal their communities.
Abolition Is a Project of Human Liberation That Must Be Ongoing
Let’s amplify the efforts already in progress to demolish the prison industrial complex and move toward liberation.