Tamar Sarai, Author at Prism

Holmesburg Prison's medical experiments are Philadelphia's 'lasting shame'

Crime, Reform & Abolition

Holmesburg Prison’s medical experiments are Philadelphia’s ‘lasting shame’

by Tamar Sarai May 15th, 2023May 16th, 2023

For over 20 years, Dr. Albert Kligman experimented on incarcerated men at Philadelphia’s Holmesburg Prison. Those who profited have yet to redress the harm

color photograph of two Black people's hands reaching towards the center of the frame. one holds a small drought-resistant plant out to the other against the backdrop of a prison fence with spiraling barbed wire across the top

Crime, Reform & Abolition

Intentional design can lay a blueprint for abolition

by Tamar Sarai March 16th, 2023March 16th, 2023

color photograph of an outdoor protest against police. people hold up cardboard signs reading "abolish police" in the foreground. in the background, a large sign on the side of a brick building reads "welcome to lower roxbury historic douglas square" with a large photo of frederick douglas

Crime, Reform & Abolition

We can’t allow oppressive systems to co-opt abolitionist language

by Tamar Sarai March 8th, 2023March 8th, 2023

The movement for media reparations must include the entertainment industry

Crime, Reform & Abolition

The movement for media reparations must include the entertainment industry

by Tamar Sarai February 17th, 2023February 16th, 2023

Prisons control incarcerated people's relationships and access to intimacy

Crime, Reform & Abolition

Prisons control incarcerated people’s relationships and their access to intimacy

by Tamar Sarai February 13th, 2023February 13th, 2023

color photograph of a spread out outdoor protest in support of student debt cancellation. a black person wearing a black shirt holds a yellow paper sign in the foreground with handwritten black text that reads: "pres biden cancel student debt"

Crime, Reform & Abolition

Student debt initiatives must include incarcerated people

by Tamar Sarai February 8th, 2023February 8th, 2023

Race

Can the media move from anti-Black racism and harm toward reparations?

by Tamar Sarai January 26th, 2023January 25th, 2023

Crime, Reform & Abolition

A new kind of crime reporting

by Tamar Sarai January 25th, 2023January 24th, 2023

Crime, Reform & Abolition

Journalistic integrity requires a reckoning with how news media covers the criminal legal system

by Tamar Sarai January 24th, 2023January 23rd, 2023

Crime, Reform & Abolition

Advocates use fashion to promote abolition and illustrate the toll of incarceration

by Tamar Sarai December 1st, 2022December 1st, 2022