Almost 10 years after they first began discussing the book, authors Rachel Herzing and Justin Piché discussed their recently released novel, “How to Abolish Prisons: Lessons from the Movement Against ...

A conversation with Rachel Herzing and Justin Piché about their new book, How to Abolish Prisons: Lessons from the Movement Against Imprisonment. The start of the Covid-19 pandemic and, two months ...

Prison abolition itself won’t be on the ballot, but organizers are pushing demands that could change the lives of thousands if adopted by referendum voters or victorious candidates. Policing and ...

“Approximately one in seventy working people in the United States are employed by either the police or departments of corrections.” In recent years, and in particular, in the aftermath of the Black ...

A conversation about how the pandemic has raised the stakes for the abolition movement, collective care, and a world without prisons. Long before becoming a published writer, Mariame Kaba had already ...

Student activists gathered to discuss prison abolition at a teach-in on Wednesday night, bringing forward their concerns with the prison-industrial complex and proposing ways to move toward its ...

University of California, Santa Cruz Distinguished Professor Emerita Angela Davis helped popularize the concept of the prison industrial complex while traveling the world to help instigate the prison ...

Sarah Soucek’s interest in human rights and the prison abolition movement was spurred by several visits to a youth correctional center for girls near Bard College, a private liberal arts campus in Red ...