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Abolition Week 2020

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'Imagine not just the end of prisons, but the end of a society that could have prisons'

by Alysia Nicole Harris August 26, 2020November 21, 2023

A discussion on abolition, crimmigration, and landscapes without prisons with documentary filmmaker Brett Story and North Carolina organizer and sociology professor Felicia Arriaga, from Scalawag's event 'Casting Shadows' for Abolition Week.

Posted inARTS & SOUL

Perspectives on incarceration and abolition you should be listening to

by Alysia Nicole Harris August 21, 2020November 21, 2023
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Letter from a New Normal: Finding hope in purgatory

by DANTE August 20, 2020November 21, 2023
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If your name ever falls on a prison roster: What I know now.

by EDUARDO MARTINEZ August 19, 2020November 21, 2023
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Field Notes from the Inside: Women in Florida prisons share glimpses of COVID-19 lockdowns

by MARINA BUENO & BOUDICCA August 18, 2020November 21, 2023
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Introducing Abolition Week

by Scalawag Team and Scalawag Editors August 17, 2020March 15, 2022
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(Past) Virtual event—Casting Shadows: the prison in our daily lives

by Scalawag Team August 14, 2020November 21, 2023

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