For socialists fighting for an alternative, abolition is the only way forward. But what does it actually mean to abolish prisons? How can socialists achieve this? And what does the world without prisons look like?
John Griefen Arlegui (age 20) and Reynaldo Remias Jr. (age 24), also known as “The Angat 2”, are two political prisoners in the Philippines, detained…
Write On! Supporting Prisoners through Correspondence, is a group of students, workers and residents of Canada (primarily in Ontario) who, since 2019, offer support to…
Prisons have always been a public health crisis for communities made vulnerable by racialized policing. But now they represent a public health crisis for us all. If we are serious about ending the pandemic, we ignore the mass prisoner releases at our own peril.
While the pandemic has been a never-ending nightmare for us all, it has been more intense for those of us with incarcerated loved ones. Knowing…
Is there any good way to redevelop a prison? Some ex-prisoners would rather see institutions demolished than repurposed for the profit and enjoyment of those…
March 20, 2021 marks one-year since the first prisoner contracted COVID-19 in Ontario. Since the first positive case was diagnosed, prisons and jails across Canada have been the site of a deepening crisis in human rights and healthcare.
Abolitionist movements have called on us to envision something better for ourselves and our communities. We have shut the door on the status quo through these movements, and there is no going back.
The administration of heritage and development in Kingston contributes to the broader Canadian project of erasing the lives of criminalized people and advancing the logic…
If Bell wants to get serious about mental health, it has to talk about the prison industrial complex and the direct role it plays in it.
Once again, jails have failed to keep our communities safe. COVID-19 outbreaks in jails and prisons across the province have surfaced in recent weeks, with…
The public displays of violence targeting Black and Indigenous people have fueled a movement demanding the complete divestment from and the abolition of police, prisons…
