Abolitionists, therefore, share an idea—a vision—more than a structure: a future in which vital needs like housing, education, and health care, are met, ...

Abolition is within our reach; it’s up to us to build it. Reiana Sultan and Micah Herskind are 2 of the 10 cocreators of the #8ToAbolition campaign. Read More. Culture.

Prison abolition is not a new concept, but in the past decade, the movement, led by Black scholars and activists as well as incarcerated people, has gained new traction in mainstream media as ...

Thus, abolition is an ongoing process of assessing and replacing any system that doesn’t serve all of us. It goes beyond the tearing down to also include the rebuilding that must take place.

But now that Roe is overturned, abolitionists see an opening to advance their goals and seize the broader movement’s future. What Is the ‘Abortion Abolitionist’ Movement?

The movement for police abolition and the abolition of the prison industrial complex calls for a complete dismantling of the system. Hence calls for police reform are at odds with it.

To prison abolitionists, why is criminal justice reform based on a system like that insufficient? The prison-industrial complex isn’t broken. It’s doing exactly what it's meant to do.

Abolition is the compromise.As the state-sanctioned, extrajudicial murders of marginalized people continue on and on, it becomes more and more clear that abolition is the only answer. Much like Black ...

Prison abolition differs from the prison-reform movement in that its focus is on overhauling the entire system, not making improvements to existing structures — though some abolitionists ...

Until that moment on Fox News, Jessica Disu hadn’t considered herself a police abolitionist. But on July 11, she was on national television, surrounded by 29 other people convened by Megyn Kelly ...