Criminal justice and prisons
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Carceral realism: Is there no alternative?
Punishment and imprisonment are deeply embedded in our thinking but as Oly Durose argues, we are capable of building less violent, more nurturing solutions to society’s problems
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My father’s 13 years as a Palestinian political prisoner
Shahd Abusalama recounts her father Ismail’s experience in the Israeli prison system and calls for drastic reforms
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From borders to prisons: the politics of abolition
An abolitionist politics seeks to end the violence of the state in systems like prison and immigration detention, and build towards a world without them, write Ru Kaur and Ali Tamlit
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‘I am one of the Stansted 15. Here’s why charter flights must end’
Jo Ram explains why we should all stand up to defend migrants’ rights
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Prison is not the answer
A humane society shouldn’t be caging up vulnerable people. Jasmine Ahmed of CAPE (Community Action on Prison Expansion) argues for radical alternatives.
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Prison abolition isn’t impossible. It’s necessary.
It’s time to take prison abolitionism seriously, argues David Scott.
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Our prison system is broken. Is it time to abolish prisons altogether?
David Scott argues that our prison system represents a human rights disaster, and reformist solutions can’t tackle the root problems.
