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Tamar Sarai is a features staff reporter at Prism. Follow her on Twitter @bytamarsarai.

Posted inCrime, Reform & Abolition

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

Tamar 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
Posted inCrime, Reform & Abolition

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

Tamar 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
Posted inCrime, Reform & Abolition

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

Tamar by Tamar Sarai March 23rd, 2022March 23rd, 2022
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Academy Award-nominated film ‘Attica’ offers a full view of the prison uprising, its tragic aftermath, and its legacy

Tamar by Tamar Sarai March 7th, 2022January 23rd, 2023
Posted inEconomy & Workers' Rights

Formerly incarcerated workers’ needs must be included in workplace protections

Tamar by Tamar Sarai February 15th, 2022February 16th, 2022
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Lauren Smith-Fields and the Black TikTokers who made sure we knew her name

Tamar by Tamar Sarai February 11th, 2022February 16th, 2022
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Brooklyn pop-up bookstore The Garden provides fertile ground for abolitionist education and community building

Tamar by Tamar Sarai January 19th, 2022January 24th, 2022
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The security provided by nuclear weapons is an illusion—the reality is much more dangerous

Tamar by Tamar Sarai December 17th, 2021January 18th, 2022
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Victims of the US uranium boom pay substantial costs despite what they’re owed by the US government

Tamar by Tamar Sarai December 14th, 2021December 14th, 2021
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Decades after the uranium boom, radiation victims are still fighting to be recognized

Tamar by Tamar Sarai December 13th, 2021December 13th, 2021

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