All of Us or None

If you’re at all interested in prison reform or abolition, want to learn more or do something about the often-racist system of mass incarceration, Jenny Odell lists the following groups (via activist and Black prisoner Alfred Woodfox) in her recent book Saving Time:

All of Us or None

Safe Alternatives to Segregation Initiative

Stop Solitary

Critical Resistance

Prison Legal News

Malcolm X Grassroots Movement

I also found a group called Vera, which is where the shocking photograph above came from.

I’d also recommend (as reviewed in Issue 14) Criminal: How Our Prisons Are Failing Us All by Angela Kirwin and A Bit of a Stretch by Chris Atkins.

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