Student activists gathered to discuss prison abolition at a teach-in on Wednesday night, bringing forward their concerns with the prison-industrial complex and proposing ways to move toward its ...

A dark money group that has received millions of dollars from George and Alex Soros's nonprofit network is partnering on a new "Abolition School" that trains activists to eliminate police and prisons.

One of the most persistent myths about the US prison system is that the system of mass incarceration helps deter and change harmful behavior. Yet according to the federal government’s own statistics, ...

A participant holding a “Defund the Police” sign at a protest in Brooklyn, N.Y., demanding justice for all victims of police brutality. (Photo by Erik McGregor / LightRocket via Getty Images) This ...

"My perspective on police and the way they police really bothered me," wrote Jason Rivera, then a probationary officer with the New York City Police Department (NYPD), in November 2020. "As time went ...

Survivors of Rikers, family members of inmates and jail reform advocates gather outside of City Hall, 2021. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) The movement to abolish prisons and policing in the ...

Derecka Purnell draws from her experience as a human rights lawyer in her new book, published this month, “Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom,” to argue that police ...

What it means to be policed in America varies from one community to another, reflecting a somber reality of American life: Where people live is often predictive of their experiences, opportunities and ...

About a decade ago, Richard Trumka, then president of the AFL-CIO, told a crowd gathered at Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles that “the theme of this event is mass employment, not mass incarceration.” ...

A qualitative study of international key informants argues that mental health laws may be inherently discriminatory, making ...

Laura Anne Jones made news on the floor of Reform UK's conference, when she told BBC Wales the party would not rule out backing scrapping the Welsh Parliament. The Member of the Senedd for South Wales ...