How to Stop a Jail in Your Town
Want to learn how to stop jail expansion? Check out this extensive compilation of organizing resources coordinated by CA United for a Responsible Budget (CURB), a coalition in CA fighting…
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Looking Back, Looking Forward: Some Notes on the Struggle Against the Prison Industrial Complex
By Isaac Ontiveros On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Critical Resistance: Beyond the Prison Industrial Complex conference in 1998, the editors of the Abolitionist asked me to…
How People on the Outside Can Support the Political Work of People on the Inside
By Stephen Wilson, imprisoned in Pennsylvania. Here are 10 things they can do for us: Organize and struggle with us, but allow us to be the authorities on our own…
Oakland Power Projects – Health Resources
The Anti-Policing Health Workers Cohort aims to increase resistance to the every-day violence of policing, strengthen people’s skills to respond to community health needs in ways that minimize police contact,…
Before You Pick Up That Phone…
Infographic by Xino from Issue 19 of The Abolitionist…
Lincoln Detox Center: The People’s Drug Program
Interview with Vicente “Panama” Alba, by Molly Porzig What was the Lincoln Detox Center? How did it start and why? This article is a sneak peek from The Abolitionist No. 19: Mental…
Nothing to Lose But Our Chains: Organizing Under Surveillance
Ashanti Alston and Masai Ehehosi with Molly Porzig From The Abolitionist No. 18: Surveillance Editors Note: In exploring the role of surveillance as a cornerstone of the prison industrial complex (PIC), The…
Prison vs. Princeton
This infographic lays out (in economic terms) some of the basics of why we need to prioritize education and jobs over prisons. Created by: Public Administration…