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	Harvard Gazette: Abolish prisons, says Angela Davis
		She spent more than a year in prison before she was acquitted, in 1972, of charges of murder and kidnapping related to the failed escape of a group of African-American prisoners known as the Soledad Brothers in California.
		Within the prison reform movement, prison abolitionists, she said, are often viewed with mystery and skepticism and considered utopian.
		Drawing comparisons to other abolitionist movements throughout history, Davis said that her hope is that the abolition of prisons might attract the same vigorous international debate the death penalty has.
	www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/2003/03.13/09-davis.html (886 words)

	Prison abolition movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The aim of the prison abolition movement is to eliminate prisons, jails, immigration detention centers, and prisoner of war camps by alternatives which they argue are more useful and more humane.
		Prison abolitionists present a broad critique of the criminal justice system in the West, which they feel is racist, classist, and ineffectual at “reforming” criminals, decreasing crime, or reconciling the victims of crime.
		Prisons are not proven to make people less violent, in fact often they promote violence in individuals by surrounding them with other violent criminals and providing them no means of love, care and emotional support.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prison_abolition_movement (545 words)

	prison abolition movement - Anarchopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The aim of the prison abolition movement is to eliminate freedom-depriving institutions such as prisons, jails, immigration detention centers, and war camps by promoting more useful and humane alternatives.
		Many people involved in the prison abolition movement are also involved in struggles against other forms of social control and oppression, such as the institutionalization of the insane, and for this reason the struggle has been associated with anarchism and anti-authoritarians.
		Prisons also have a strong link with capitalism, especially in the case of private prisons and prison labor.
	eng.anarchopedia.org /index.php/prison_abolition_movement (630 words)

	Slavery and Prison - Understanding the Connections
		When Prison Slavery was published in 1982, many states still had clauses in their constitutions that deemed slavery and indentured servitude legal punishments or had no proviso about the legality or illegality of prison enslavement (some states eliminated any reference to slavery in the middle decades of this century).
		In their handbook for change, Instead of Prisons, PREAP catalogued the general sentiment of the prison abolition movement of the 1970s -- espoused by elected officials, inmates, ex-cons, former prison administrators, and inmate advocates -- that evidence revealed that incarceration was hardly a deterrent to crime and that it actually tended to exacerbate crime.
		Prisons were the physical structures called upon to help respond to the chaos unleashed by the globalization of capital and they were supposed to (at least in theory) contain the array of struggles waged against these processes by people of color, immigrants, and the poor.
	www.historyisaweapon.org /defcon1/gilmoreprisonslavery.html (4306 words)

	Recording Carceral Landscapes
		Prison abolition is not as simple as remembering what things looked like before there were prisons.
		The prison institutions have to fall for us to imagine something different, but at the same time we have to be able to imagine something else so that the institutions can fall.
		The abolition movement was working from the future back, and the moratorium movement was pushing to stop building prisons and shrink the system into the future.
	paglen.com /carceral/interview_rachel_herzing.htm (3600 words)

	Prison - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Prisons are conventionally institutions which form part of the criminal justice system of a country, such that imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime.
		Prisons may also be used as a tool of political repression to detain political prisoners, prisoners of conscience, and "enemies of the state", particularly by authoritarian regimes.
		Prisons form part of military systems, and are used variously to house prisoners of war, unlawful combatants, those whose freedom is deemed a national security risk by military or civilian authorities, and members of the military found guilty of a serious crime.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prison (3762 words)

	HIV & AIDS in Prison
		While some prisons are allowing peer counselling groups to come in and condom distribution programs have been initiated in some of the federal prisons, this is just a start.
		Prisoners are becoming infected with HIV during their incarceration because they do not have the information and resources to protect themselves.
		Prisoners are engaging in these activities and putting themselves at risk for infection because either they do not know these activities are unsafe, they do not know how to engage in them safely, or they do not have the means to engage in them safely.
	www.prisonjustice.ca /prisonjustice/politics/1016_aidshiv.html (792 words)

	Thinking Outside the Box Prison Abolition
		We profess to rely on prison for our safety; yet it is directly responsible for much of the damage that society that society suffers at the hands of offenders.
		Prison abolition is actually an extension of that movement and of all such efforts to restore people to full humanity; to break the shackles of both criminal and victim so they can each have lives of integrity and dignity, so they can each be part of a caring community.
		A prisoner ally works with the prisoner to change the culture; it is a mutual vocation, so no “thank you’s” are needed.
	www.metaphoria.org /ac4t0008.html (3127 words)

	NAARPR/Chicago Branch
		Most people are quite surprised to hear that the prison abolition movement also has a long history-one that dates back to the historical appearance of the prison as the main form of punishment.
		Geographer Ruth Gilmore describes the expansion of prisons in California as "a geographical solution to socio-economic problems." Her analysis of the prison industrial complex in California describes these developments as a response to surpluses of capital, land, labor, and state capacity.
		The turn toward increased repression in a prison system, distinguished from the beginning of its history by its repressive regimes, caused some journalists, public intellectuals, and progressive agencies to oppose the growing reliance on prisons to solve social problems that are actually exacerbated by mass incarceration.
	www.naarpr.org /chicago/articles/prison_obsolete.php (4021 words)

	The Challenge of Prison Abolition: a conversation
		Prison needs to be abolished as the dominant mode of addressing social problems that are better solved by other institutions and other means.
		I think your open-ended conception of prison abolition also allows for a more comprehensive understanding of the prison-industrial complex as a set of institutional and political relationships that extend well beyond the walls of the prison proper.
		The most difficult question for advocates of prison abolition is how to establish a balance between reforms that are clearly necessary to safeguard the lives of prisoners and those strategies designed to promote the eventual abolition of prisons as the dominant mode of punishment.
	www.historyisaweapon.org /defcon1/davisinterview.html (2385 words)

	prison abolition & alternatives
		But it is realizable, like the abolition of slavery or any liberation, so long as there is the will to engage in the struggle.
		Using "system language" to call prisoners "inmates" or punishment "treatment", denies prisoners the reality of their experience and makes us captives of the old system.
		Abolitionists are "allies" of prisoners rather than traditional "helpers." We have forged a new definition of what is truly helpful to the caged, keeping in mind both the prisoner's perspective and the requirements of abolition.
	www.prisonjustice.ca /politics/abolition_alternatives.html (871 words)

	Instead of Prisons Chapter 3
		The maintenance of an abolition implies that there is constantly more to abolish, that one looks ahead towards a new and still more long-term objective of abolition, that one constantly moves in a wider circle to new fields for abolition.
		Educate prisoners and lawyers in legal procedures, such as petitions, for reduction of sentences, executive clemency, pardon, reprieve and challenging prison unconstitutionality.
		Prisoners must be empowered to take responsibility for their own lives.
	www.prisonsucks.com /scans/instead_of_prisons/chapter3.shtml (1001 words)

	Instead of Prisons Chapter 1
		Prisons as they exist are more of a burden and disgrace to our society than they are a protection or a solution to the problem of crime.
		Many prison litigation advocates describe prisons as "lawless agencies," almost totally non-responsive to due process of law-or law itself.[3] Because the constitution should follow a person into prison, the prisoners' legal struggle is one for rights-not privileges which can be manipulated or withdrawn as a control device.
		At the time of the 1971 rebellion, Black and Spanish-speaking prisoners made up 70 percent of the prison population; 50 percent of the prison population received 25 cents a day for their labors; all were fed on a daily budget of 65 cents each in an atmosphere of daily degradation and humiliation charged with racism.
	www.prisonpolicy.org /scans/instead_of_prisons/chapter1.shtml (8507 words)

	Journal of Prisoners on Prisons \| Home
		It is difficult to get prisoners out of prison to attend penal abolition conferences and though we had some (former) prisoner participation, we extended their participation by presenting papers written by current prisoners (Davidson, 1988).
		So there is clearly a role to be played by prisoners and a need for them to try and take back a small measure of control of their destinies by actively engaging the concerned public and by defining the dominant problems of the current situation (Gaucher 1988; JPP 1:1).
		From its inception, the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons has been an educational project...This is the second issue of the JPP devoted to the study of educational practices in prisons.
	www.jpp.org (4113 words)

	Critical Resistance: CR MATERIALS
		The prison industrial complex (PIC) is a complicated system situated at the intersection of governmental and private interests that uses prisons as a solution to social, political, and economic problems.
		Because the costs of the current prison expansion are being passed to the poor, and especially to people of color, we say that prisons are examples of economic injustice and environmental racism.
		Now Available from Critical Resistance, this 20 minute documentary debunks the myth that prison are economic drivers for impoverished rural communities and gives voice to local opposition to the California Department of Corrections' plan to build a $595 million, 5,160 bed prison in Delano, California, the birthplace of the United Farm Workers.
	www.criticalresistance.org /index.php?name=materials (950 words)

	Prison Policy Initiative Visitor Links: Prison_Abolition
		Too often prison activists use statistics that are out of date, provided without citation or simply wrong.
		Prison Justice In Canada - In support of prisoners and prison justice activism in Canada
		Prisonsucks.com is a project of the Prison Policy Initiative PO Box 127 Northampton MA 01061.
	www.prisonsucks.com /links/Prison_Abolition (231 words)

	Prison Book Program Blog
		The Court first held that racially segregated prisons were unconstitutional in a 1968 case brought by the ACLU.
		"Today's ruling upholding prisoners' protection from racial discrimination is a triumph for prisoners and the disproportionate number of minority men and women that this country chooses to incarcerate," said Elizabeth Alexander, director of the ACLU's National Prison Project, which filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the case.
		At issue in the case was California's longstanding policy of racially segregating its prisoners during an initial classification period when they first arrive in the system or are transferred to a new facility.
	www.prisonbookprogram.org /blog/index.html (2042 words)

	PrisonPhotos: Prison Links
		- dedicated to reducing recidivism by building an awareness of the relationships between:correctional education and chemical dependency treatment; prisons, families, and communities; and prisons, news media, politicians, and the legal system.
		Prison Awareness Project - A group of prisoners and free-world citizens working to increase harmony in the world.
		prison connections - quarterly of prison activism in new england
	www.prisonzone.com /prison.html (385 words)

	Allied Resistance Network: Prison Abolition and Social Justice
		On August 21, 1970, George Jackson was shot and killed by a prison guard at San Quentin under the camouflage of a fabricated prison escape.
		George Jackson along with other prisoners felt the need to address the issues that they were faced with on a daily basis: visitation, legal services, accessibility to the law library, recreation, schooling, food and health services.
		There is an urgent need for prisoners and their families to come together as a collective whole toward a common goal.
	www.alliedresistance.org /curtis1.htm (429 words)

	iCorrection.com -- Prison abolition movement
		House arrest is a lenient alternative to prison time.
		In that case, typically, the person under house arrest does not have access to means of communication (telephone).
		Nowadays, in technologically advanced countries, house arrest is often enforced with the use of an electronic sensor locked to the offender's ankle.
	www.icorrection.com /reform.html (719 words)

	Resources Alphabetically (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		A national organizing initiative of prisoners, former prisoners and felons, to combat the many forms of discrimination that we face as the result of felony convictions.
		Our focus is on prison issues, including, but not limited to: fighting state repression, prisoner support and prison abolition.
		We provide legal services on family law for prisoners in Illinois, law classes for women in Cook County jail, classes on child custody issues for women in IL prisons and Cook County jail, a support group led by and for formerly incarcerated women in Chicago and advocacy on women prisoner issues.
	www.prisonresources.org /alpha.htm (2789 words)

	Critical Resistance Home Page
		We are thrilled to let you know that last night, the Governor’s bid to build nearly 50,000 new prison beds failedthanks in no small part to the efforts of organizations and individuals like you.
		Rose Braz, who as director of the Oakland-based nonprofit Critical Resistance has been battling the Delano prison and others, says that the governor has cut education programs in prisons and is adding more beds to existing facilities.
		CR seeks to be guided and led by those most impacted by the prison industrial complex: people who are or have been in prison, family members, and survivors of police violence.
	www.criticalresistance.org (1195 words)

	The Prison Industrial Complex :: AK Press
		Over the last generation, the United States prison systems have grown at a rate unparalleled in history, creating what many call a Prison Industrial Complex.
		She has toured the country for the last decade speaking out against prison expansion, and she was the prime mover behind the 1997 conference Critical Resistance: Beyond the Prison Industrial Complex, which drew over 3,500 participants to Berkeley.
		Angela Davis is a legendary speaker, known for the clarity and subtlety of her thought and the compelling passion of her delivery.
	akpress.org /2000/items/prisonindustrialcomplex (338 words)

	justice now
		Justice Now works with women prisoners and local communities to build a safe, compassionate world without prisons
		Justice Now, Women in prison, prison abolition, abolition, building a world without prisons, women's rights,
		prisoners' rights, compassionate release, human rights, violence against women, state violence, anti-prison organizing, anti-prison advocacy,legal internship,
	www.jnow.org (48 words)

	325 \| Anti-Prison \| Insurrection \| Autonomy
		Free the Sagada 11, Youth Prisoners of the Northern Philippines : Prison Struggle
		Despite the growing technological control of the State, in these precious few years before automated surveillance by machines is a widespread reality, people are fighting back; taking themselves into conflict with the increasingly unstable dominant powers, acting immediately for the world they want right now.
		Capitalism and its murderous policy of self-preservation will never tolerate any threat to its power, but we have to overcome seizure with determination and act against the prisons, courthouses, and bodies of finance and privilege.
	www.325collective.com (687 words)

	Prison Abolition \| Anticarcéral \| NEFAC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		La rédaction du Monde libertaire, en association avec les relations internationales de la Fédération anarchiste, propose tous les quinze jours de découvrir un journal ou un magazine libertaire ou anarcho-syndicaliste.
		Le journal sarde Su gazetinu de sa luta kontras a sas presones (La gazette de la lutte contre les prisons) continue cette chronique ouverte par la publication anglaise Freedom, l'espagnole Rojo y Negro, la basque Ekintza Susena et la sicilienne Sicilia libertaria.
		OPSEU is made up of a wide-range over 100,000 government employees ranging from college teachers and support staff, healthcare workers in hospitals, prison guards and psych screws, to general office workers and bureaucrats.
	nefac.net /taxonomy/page/or/43 (429 words)

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