Tag: abolition
Blood on My Hands
Convicted of aiding and abetting a murder, Mithrellas Curtis reflects on how her codefendant’s violence permanently branded her a “violent felon,” exposing the injustice of a system that punishes people not for their actions but for their proximity to another’s crime.
A Nation Divided on Both Sides of the Wall
PM Dunne describes the conversation between several inmates in Sing Sing Correctional Facility on the night of the 2024 US Presidential Election.
After the Fire
Promise Li argues that the mutual aid response to the LA fires shows both the carceral city’s abandonment of its communities and the possibility of changing politics as usual.
Social Lynching
Corey Devon Arthur discusses the racist media campaign in the run-up to his sentencing and what it felt like to be labeled a “superpredator.”
Canary in the Coal Mine
Cody Melcher reviews John Bardes’s The Carceral City and Lydia Pelot-Hobbs’s Prison Capital.
Day in the Life
Chanell Burnette reflects on her workday routine at Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women.
Cradled in Love
Mithrellas Curtis writes about the experience of losing her father while incarcerated.
Abolition and Tenant Power in Chinatown
Tenant organizers in LA write about the power of abolitionist politics in the fight against displacement in Chinatown.
Review of Family Abolition
Alex Adamson reviews M.E. O’Brien’s book Family Abolition. What is the relationship between family abolition and the abolition of racial capitalism?
Don’t Be Cruel
Corey Devon Arthur writes from a medium-security correctional facility in upstate New York.