Derek Chauvin’s Conviction Won’t Make Black Lives Matter
Annie Olaloku-Teriba
The carceral state murdered George Floyd. It will never deliver justice.
Tag: prison
Why All Drugs Should Be Decriminalised. Interview With David Nutt
The criminalisation of drugs has almost no impact on drug use, denies access to proven medical treatments and disproportionately targets people of colour. Yet the idea that drugs are ‘evil’ and that drug users are criminals is entrenched in international and domestic law. How can we begin to shift this point of view? What are […]
40 Years in Prison, 40 Years of Struggle: An Interview with John Bowden
Connor Woodman
Why Do the Police Exist?
Connor Woodman
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.
‘I Tried to End My Life’: Covid-19 Exposes the Injustice of ‘never-ending’ Prison Sentences
Naomi Larsson and Alexandra Genova
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.
Deaths in State Custody 1: Justice for Sean Rigg
Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann speak to Marcia Rigg, the sister of Sean Rigg who died in police custody in 2008.
The Lockdown: Gangs and Violence: What’s Going On?
Hosts Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann speak to Patrick Williams, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University, about the media and government focus on ‘gangs’, how this relates to the reality of violence and the impact this has on black and minority ethnic communities in Britain.
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 […]
Britain’s Plan to Build a Prison in Nigeria is Wrong and Must Be Stopped
Natalie Fiennes
What Does Justice Look Like Without Prisons?
Oonagh Ryder
G4S is Using Art by Detainees and Prisoners to Boost Its Public Image
Joe Lo
Inside Patio Six
Zoe P-C
#Romanos: How Greece is Being Set Alight by an Anarchist on Hunger Strike
Niki Seth-Smith
Policing, Prisons and ‘The Society of Control’
On this week’s show James Butler and Aaron Bastani discuss issues of disciplinarity, punishment, control and policing – offering context as the state further cuts back on its social welfare role and increases the strength of its repressive functions within the Great Recession.