Tamar Sarai, Author at Prism

Justice Requires the Full Story

What happens to the children who are wards of the state?

Crime, Reform & Abolition

What happens to the children who are wards of the state?

by Tamar Sarai September 21st, 2022September 20th, 2022

Foster care youth become trapped by the state systems never created to truly nurture them or their families. Abolition offers a path forward

A Latino man with a mustache wearing a bright yellow firefighter's uniform holds a hose over his shoulder and looks to the left of the camera

Crime, Reform & Abolition

Ban the Box policies reduce job barriers for formerly incarcerated people

by Tamar Sarai August 30th, 2022August 30th, 2022

a Black woman wearing grey sweatpants and a large white T-shirt stables facing away from the camera, leaning over the side of a crib with white slats

Crime, Reform & Abolition

Pregnancy, parenthood, and prison: the right to choose where autonomy is elusive

by Tamar Sarai July 19th, 2022July 19th, 2022

Crime, Reform & Abolition

Abolitionists push back against New York City’s proposed plan for a ‘feminist jail’

by Tamar Sarai July 7th, 2022July 7th, 2022

Crime, Reform & Abolition

Brain injuries and ‘the revolving door’ of incarceration

by Tamar Sarai May 26th, 2022May 26th, 2022

Crime, Reform & Abolition

Libraries are reimagining what public safety and access to resources look like

by Tamar Sarai May 5th, 2022May 5th, 2022

a spray painted poster with the text "drop her charges! free tracy" overlaid on a stylized portrait of a black woman with a short afro

Crime, Reform & Abolition

Pressure mounts for Manhattan district attorney to drop charges of criminalized survivor Tracy McCarter

by Tamar Sarai March 29th, 2022September 22nd, 2022

From arbitrary judgment calls to material bans, information censorship protects the carceral system at the expense of the incarcerated

Crime, Reform & Abolition

Incarcerated people have few ways to fight back against censorship in prisons

by Tamar Sarai March 23rd, 2022March 23rd, 2022

Crime, Reform & Abolition

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

by Tamar Sarai March 7th, 2022March 9th, 2022

Economy & Workers' Rights

Formerly incarcerated workers’ needs must be included in workplace protections

by Tamar Sarai February 15th, 2022February 16th, 2022