
Tag: prison abolition


Interview: 40 Years in Prison, 40 Years of Struggle: An Interview with John Bowden
Connor Woodman

The Burner: The Burner #240: Squid Ink + Prison Viruses
Cummings splashes round the squid ink: will it be enough to escape the consequences? Gary McQuiggin takes a deep dive into the impact of the virus in the prison system in conversation with Oonagh Ryder.

The Lockdown: The Lockdown: Arresting the Virus

The Lockdown: Safety First: Sex Work and the Criminal Justice System

The Lockdown: The Never-Ending Sentence

The Lockdown: Profits and the Prison Industry

The Lockdown: Policing by Consent?

The Lockdown: Deaths in State Custody 1: Justice for Sean Rigg

The Lockdown: Prison Island: Prison Expansion in the UK
Back with a new series, hosts Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann speak to Nicole, a researcher at Corporate Watch about the British government’s plans for prison expansion, how this will impact people inside and outside prisons and how communities across the country are resisting.

The Lockdown: “Just Paint the Walls Pink”: Gender, Prison and Carceral Feminism
Oonagh Ryder speaks to Mo Mansfield, a social justice campaigner and women’s sector professional. They discuss what carceral feminism is, how it has helped to expand and entrench the criminal justice system and how we can move beyond this towards an abolitionist feminism.

The Lockdown: What Is Abolition?

The Lockdown: Guilty by Association: How to Get a Life Sentence for a Murder You Didn’t Commit

The Lockdown: Ending the Cycle of Violence

The Lockdown: Beyond Prison: Michael Balogun Part 2

The Lockdown: Prison and Beyond: Michael Balogun

The Lockdown: The Lockdown: the End of Policing
Sam Swann and guest host Connor Woodman discuss the book, The End Of Policing with its author Alex S. Vitale. They discuss the ways that the police exacerbate social problems and what the alternatives might be.

The Lockdown: The Lockdown: Justice in Films
Hosts Oonagh Ryder @Oonskie and Sam Swann @SamGSwann chat about how justice is portrayed in films with filmmaker and writer Joel Blackledge @TheGreatDamfino. They discuss the role of the prison in films and TV, which characters are deserving of our sympathy and how punishment is the backdrop to so much of our entertainment.