Whose justice? Radically rethinking prisons, policing & the courts
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What is justice, and who is it for?
If you are white, and middle class, chances are the police represent safety to you. The police are who you call when something seriously bad has happened. But the mainstream representation of police as protectors, and the legal system as one of justice, is wildly out of sync with reality, and history, for many.
We believe a powerful, inspired and nuanced case has been made for a future without prisons and police. A future with better social safety nets, boldly addressing poverty, prejudice and poor mental health.
If you're commited to fighting racism, patriarchy, ableism and poverty and you aren't engaging with abolition you're missing something critical. Abolition doesn't happen in a vacuum and it won't happen overnight it's part of a wider radical politics, a politics of hope- take a look for yourself.
You'll find loads of free resources and events with UK based Abolitionist Futures.
Linked Books
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- Abolishing the Police : (An Illustrated Introduction)
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- Duff, Koshka, Sims, Cat, Aitchison, Guy, Amis, Phe, Brazzell, Melanie, Bruce-Jones, Eddie, Chowdhury
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- In Black & White
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- Alexandra Shephard
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- Policing the Black Man : Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment
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- Davis, Angela J., Stevenson, Bryan A.
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- A Critical Theory of Police Power : The Fabrication of the Social Order
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- Neocleous, Mark
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- Are Prisons Obsolete?
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- Davis, Angela
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- Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect? : Police Violence and Resistance in the United States
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- Garza, Alicia, Schenwar, Maya, Macare, Joe
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- What White People Can Do Next : From Allyship to Coalition
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- Dabiri, Emma
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- Abolition Democracy - Open Media Series : Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture
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- Davis, Angela Y
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- Revolting Prostitutes : The Fight for Sex Workers' Rights
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- Mac, Juno, Smith, Molly
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- Decarcerating Disability : Deinstitutionalization and Prison Abolition
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- Ben-Moshe, Liat
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- Misjustice : How British Law is Failing Women
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- Kennedy, Helena
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- Prison: A Survival Guide
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- Cattermole, Carl
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- Bad Girls : The Rebels and Renegades of Holloway Prison
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- Caitlin Davies
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- Breaking Out in Prison
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- Patel, Babita
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- Feminism, Interrupted : Disrupting Power
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- Olufemi, Lola
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- The Feminist and the Sex Offender : Confronting Sexual Harm, Ending State Violence
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- Levine, Judith, Meiners, Erica R.
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- Empire's Endgame : Racism and the British State
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- Bhattacharyya, Gargi, Elliott-Cooper, Adam, Balani, Sita, Nisancioglu, Kerem, Koram, Kojo, Gebrial,
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- All Our Trials : Prisons, Policing, and the Feminist Fight to End Violence
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- Thuma, Emily L
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- Beyond Survival
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- Piepzna-Samarasinha, Leah Lakshmi, Dixon, Ejeris