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Tag: abolition

Posted inCrime, Reform & Abolition

NYC policy to hospitalize houseless people criminalizes poverty

Image description (or use for alt-text): Stefanie, a white non-binary person, stands smiling in front of an array of green plants and stones. They are wearing a blue floral cardigan, a dark green top, and red, blue, and white beaded necklaces. They have several facial piercings, long dangly red earrings, and are wearing maroon lipstick. by Mon M and Stefanie Lyn Kaufman Mthimkhulu December 8th, 2022May 4th, 2023
Posted inCrime, Reform & Abolition

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

Tamar by Tamar Sarai December 1st, 2022December 1st, 2022
Posted inGender & LGBTQIA+

The violence queer and trans people face is state-sanctioned

by Lara Witt November 21st, 2022November 21st, 2022
color photograph of a person in a crowd of protesters holding a red paper poster with black ink text reading "no more solitary confinement"
Posted inCrime, Reform & Abolition

Alabama prison strikers’ demands push for decarceration

by Jared Ware November 11th, 2022November 10th, 2022
protestors in black and grey jackets and face masks hold a large white banner reading "these jails are killing people. free our people now."
Posted inCrime, Reform & Abolition

What happens in prison becomes the norm

by William C. Anderson October 4th, 2022January 23rd, 2023
Posted inCrime, Reform & Abolition

Bloated police budgets do nothing to stop sexual violence—they increase it

Reina Sultan by Reina Sultan September 22nd, 2022September 22nd, 2022
What happens to the children who are wards of the state?
Posted inCrime, Reform & Abolition

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

Tamar by Tamar Sarai September 21st, 2022January 23rd, 2023
a white sign with a blue rectangle on top and white text reading "Recording." below, in black text, it reads, "audio and video for your safety." below is a cartoon image of a surveillance robot shaped like a rounded bullet
Posted inGender & LGBTQIA+

How to organize safely in a post-Roe world

Reina Sultan by Reina Sultan August 30th, 2022September 1st, 2022
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
Posted inCrime, Reform & Abolition

Ban the Box policies reduce job barriers for formerly incarcerated people

Tamar by Tamar Sarai August 30th, 2022January 23rd, 2023
a femme person wearing short jeans and a black T-shirt reading "[U]ndocu[me]nted" helps hold a white poster with red letters the reads "Shut down GEO." the poster covers the body of another person holding it from behind
Posted inImmigration

ICE prison in South Georgia should be shut down, not expanded

by Meredyth L. Yoon and Azadeh Shahshahani August 10th, 2022August 16th, 2022

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