Movements
This theme includes movements seeking to change current practices of policing and imprisonment. Users looking for materials on policy proposals, constitutional challenges, abolitionism, transformative justice, community-based safety, and grassroots movements will find it here. We welcome feedback on this organization during our beta period.
Subthemes
Abolitionism
Black Lives Matter
Prison and Policing Reform
Transformative Justice
Beyond the Bars: Breaking Through
The Justice Initiative at Columbia University Beth Richie May 30,… Read More »Beyond the Bars: Breaking Through
2013 George E. Kent Lecture
University of Chicago Michelle Alexander February 21, 2013 Michelle Alexander,… Read More »2013 George E. Kent Lecture
Down on Parchman Farm
The Great Prison in the Mississippi Delta Ohio State University… Read More »Down on Parchman Farm
Captive Nation: Black Prison Organizing in the Civil Rights Era
Dan Berger In this pathbreaking book, Dan Berger offers a… Read More »Captive Nation: Black Prison Organizing in the Civil Rights Era
Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy
Heather Ann Thompson On September 9, 1971, nearly 1,300 prisoners… Read More »Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy
Arresting Citizenship
The Democratic Consequences of American Crime Control University of Chicago… Read More »Arresting Citizenship
Are Prisons Obsolete?
Angela Y. Davis With her characteristic brilliance, grace and radical… Read More »Are Prisons Obsolete?
Think Justice Blog
Vera Institute of Justice Various authors August 2, 2016 This… Read More »Think Justice Blog
The Real Cost of Prison Project
Real Cost of Prisons Project Advisory Board January 1, 2000… Read More »The Real Cost of Prison Project