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That’s where disability justice comes in. “Disability Justice is a vision and practice of a yet-to ... and this is why disability justice is an integral piece to any vision of prison abolition.
Transformative justice. Prison abolition requires creativity and imagination, activists and scholars told NCR. The Rev. Nikia Smith Robert, author of "Penitence, ...
The cause of criminal-justice reform has been taken up by everyone from liberal champion Van Jones to the arch-conservative Koch brothers. ... This is the prison-abolition movement.
In this four-day series, "Justice Reimagined," two NCR writers look at the prison abolition and reform movements, as well as what might work better: restorative justice. The three stories on ...
To prison abolitionists, why is criminal justice reform based on a system like that insufficient? The prison-industrial complex isn’t broken. It’s doing exactly what it's meant to do.
Lackey and NPEP hosted a roundtable discussion on prison abolition featuring activists with firsthand experience of the criminal justice system. Maia Pandey , Reporter February 10, 2021 ...
Director of Hawai’i Friends of Restorative Justice Lorenn Walker and TRNN Executive Producer Eddie Conway join us Tuesday, Nov. 24 at 5:00PM EST to discuss what prison abolition really looks ...
“Prison Abolition 101” was organized by RailRoad, a student collective that works within the University and with local organizations to radically change the justice and prison systems to move toward ...
Danielle Sered, a restorative justice activist, advocated for prison abolition and extensive reforms to the current criminal justice system during an online Harvard Kennedy School event on Wednesday.
These behaviors are often criminalized, and students with disabilities find themselves funneled into the juvenile justice system — the school-to-prison pipeline. 70% ...
People with disability in prison may need help with personal hygiene, reading, filling in forms, understanding rules, participating in criminal justice proceedings, or making complaints.
Abolition is not about closing every prison tomorrow and just releasing everybody. Rather, as Michelle Alexander put it, it is a “theory of change.” Abolition challenges us to imagine what a world ...