Crime, Reform & Abolition

562 posts

AAPI community groups have received little government support since the Atlanta shootings

A lack of language access and education outreach remain issues for local AAPI communities a year since the tragedy

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5 Min
By: Natasha Ishak

Academy Award-nominated film ‘Attica’ offers a full view of the prison uprising, its tragic aftermath, and its legacy

Former Attica prisoner James Asbury and “Attica” directors Stanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry sat down with Prism to discuss the making of the film and the lessons viewers might glean

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10 Min
By: Tamar Sarai

Social justice advocates react to the State of the Union address

Immigration, reproductive rights, and police reform advocates were left disappointed by Biden’s first State of the Union address

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8 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson expected to face ‘political theater’ during SCOTUS confirmation hearings

Political observers are confident the SCOTUS nominee will be confirmed—but not before she is put through the wringer

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5 Min
By: Natasha Ishak

We can’t stop transphobia without fighting for abolition

We have to destroy transphobia by eradicating every system that upholds it, and that begins with the criminal legal system

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4 Min
By: #FreeAshleyNow

Organizers are demanding release for people at Rikers Island after photos reveal gruesome conditions

“Black or brown people are sitting there literally dying and getting sick there.”

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5 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

Police don’t stop crime, but you wouldn’t know it from the news

Police don’t stop or prevent crime, but police propaganda in U.S. media pushes another narrative

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4 Min
By: Kinjo Kiema

Prisons pollute and incarcerated or not, everyone deserves Just Transition

Prisons are both polluted and polluters, and for incarcerated people and returning citizens, the Just Transition framework is our only way forward

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4 Min
By: Tamisha Walker, Sagaree Jain

A newborn died in a Texas county jail. Advocates say it was due to more than neglect

After a disabled woman’s newborn died in custody, advocates are calling for greater accountability and maternal health care in county jails

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4 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

The Illinois Department of Corrections’ commissary shortage harms incarcerated people

Advocates say the commissary shortage is a matter of the Department of Corrections’ priorities, not the budget

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5 Min
By: Mai Tran

Eric Adams is the latest Democrat to choose increased policing over real safety

Democratic mayors’ tough-on-crime approaches to policing and incarceration make cities less safe, especially for the most marginalized

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5 Min
By: Reina Sultan

Keeping Rikers open fuels a humanitarian crisis that must stop

Last week, approximately 200 incarcerated people began a hunger strike to protest the increasingly dangerous conditions at Rikers

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4 Min
By: Reina Sultan

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