Italy’s ‘Fascist’ Government Is Imprisoning Anarchists Using Anti-Mafia Laws
Jack Harmsworth
Alfredo Cospito is in a prison designed for mafiosos.
Tag: abolition
The Police Are Psychics Now, Apparently
Rivkah Brown
They can read protesters' minds.
The UK Has Its Own Mass Incarceration Crisis
Ell Folan
It isn’t just America.
Why Should Chris Kaba’s Death Matter Less Than the Queen’s?
Kehinde Andrews
I think we all know why.
A Cash Injection Won’t Fix Our Broken Legal System
Michael Etienne
The whole damn system is wrong!
Abolishing Prisons Is Only the Start
How can we build a world that has no need of policing? Rivkah Brown finds out with scholar-activist Ruth Wilson Gilmore.
Couriers Stunt Dalston’s Gentrification. The Police and Council Want Them Gone
Rivkah Brown
Yuppies in, riders out.
How to Intervene in a Police Stop
UK Cop Watch
Use the acronym DROP IN.
You Can Have Schooling or You Can Have Policing. You Can’t Have Both
Khadijah Anabah
One provides care, the other destroys it.
A Kill the Bill Protester’s Court Case Is All the Evidence You Need for Police Abolition
Vala Z Francis
We need a system that prioritises social justice.
The Met Just Apologised After Strip-Searching Me. I Don’t Believe a Word of It
Koshka Duff
The police’s dismay is performative – they knew exactly what they were doing.
We Must Stop Comparing Sabina Nessa’s Murder With Sarah Everard’s
Aviah Day
The politics of representation is getting us nowhere except into Twitter arguments.
We Shouldn’t Ban Police From Pride. We Should Abolish Them Altogether
Shanice McBean
Liberals say include, leftists say exclude, radicals say abolish.
Derek Chauvin’s Conviction Won’t Make Black Lives Matter
Annie Olaloku-Teriba
The carceral state murdered George Floyd. It will never deliver justice.
Psychiatrists Are Covering for Cruelty in Prisons. A Group of Campaigners Wants to Stop Them
Sophie K Rosa
The Never-Ending Sentence
Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann are joined by Marion, a campaigner from Smash IPP. The group campaigns to free prisoners still serving the indeterminate sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection.
Deaths in State Custody 2: INQUEST
Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann speak to Deborah Coles, Director of the charity INQUEST.
Report From Abolitionist Futures 2018
On June 15th – 18th 2018, activists from around the world gathered in London for Abolitionist Futures: this year’s International Conference on Penal Abolition. Over the weekend, there were over 100 presentations and workshops with contributions from 18 countries, bringing activists and community organisers together to plan for a future where prisons, policing and punishment […]