The end goal of these reforms is not to create better, friendlier, or more community-oriented police or prisons. Instead, we hope to build toward a society without police or prisons, where communities are equipped to provide for their safety and well being.
Resources:
Dismantling the Prison Industrial Complex
Beyond Bars: Prison Abolition Should Be the American Dream
Justice LA COVID-19 Decarceration Proposal
No New Jails NYC Abolition Plan
Policing, Prisons, and Punishment Resource Guide
“Police Industrial Complex” Primer from Carceral Tech Resistance Network
Thinking about how to abolish prisons with Mariame Kaba: Podcast & Transcript
What the Prison-Abolition Movement Wants
Ending the School to Prison Pipeline
We Came to Learn: A Call for Police-Free Schools
Interrupting Gendered and State Violence
Building Accountable Communities
Collective Action for Safe Spaces 2018 Policy Platform
Community Accountability Means We All Play a Role
Color of Violence: The INCITE! Anthology
Fumbling Towards Repair by Mariame Kaba and Shira Hassan
Invisible No More by Andrea Ritchie
Resisting Reforms that Expand the Carceral State
Police “Reforms” You Should Always Oppose
Reformist Reforms vs. Abolitionist Steps in Policing
Three Reasons Advocates Must Move Beyond Demanding Release for “Nonviolent Offenders”