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Posted inCrime, Reform & Abolition

Intentional design can lay a blueprint for abolition

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

Prisons are designed to be punitive, but intentional design can create spaces that resist systemic biases and the carceral impulse to punish

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Alabama prison strikers’ demands push for decarceration

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