17 January 2023: Abolition and the Prison Industrial Complex

Angela Davis. (2003). Are Prisons Obsolete? New York: Seven Stories Press. PDF: Davis, Are Prisons Obsolete? Alternative source (PDF): https://collectiveliberation.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Are_Prisons_Obsolete_Angela_Davis.pdf

Alternative source (requires free registration):

https://archive.org/details/areprisonsobsole0000davi

Recommended Supplementary Material

Reading Lists

• https://abolitionistfutures.com/

• https://criticalresistance.org/

• https://abolitionjournal.org/studyguide/

• https://transformharm.org/

• https://level.medium.com/abolition-for-the-people-397ef29e3ca5

• https://foodandabolition.org/resources

• https://aworldwithoutpolice.org/study-guide/

• https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research.html

• https://www.prisonradio.org/about/learning-resources/

• https://abolitionnotes.org/

• https://sites.google.com/view/letstalkaboutabolition/seattle-university-syllabus

Research and Statistics:

• https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports.html

• https://www.prisonstudies.org/research-publications

• https://www.vera.org/

• https://www.rainn.org/statistics/criminal-justice-system (Sexual violence)

• https://bjs.ojp.gov/ (Bureau of Justice)

• https://www.bop.gov/ (Federal prisons)

Practical Resources

• https://dontcallthepolice.com

• NYC Anarchist Black Cross, “Write a Letter”: https://nycabc.wordpress.com/write-a-letter/

• Canines, Erica. (2021). “Black August, Letter Writing and the ‘Harm Reduction’ Administration.” Hood Communist, August 12.: https://hoodcommunist.org/2021/08/12/black-august-letter-writing-and-the-harm-reduction-administration/