It is important to try and aim for prison abolitionism but how do we persuade other people into thinking this, to review our understanding of crime, good and evil because media, fictional (crime fiction, cosy or thrillers) and Non fictional (news, documentaries, true crime) reifnroces the idea that people are Just born evil, to be naturally criminal and need for karma which seldom happens in real life. Accountability is the alternative to karma

It's hard for me to also escape this mentality, cause I also see criminals who were dangerous and i get worked up, but I know this mentality isn't effective. Being tough or karma doesn't actually make a perpetrator feel guilty, only a small amount do How do we overcome and engage more this mentality ?

I know that prison abolitionists typically say that prisons should be replaced with therapy. But what if the perpetrator just refuses to cooperate? For example: a man gets arrested for domestic abuse. They can't hold him in prison until trial, so he is able to find his victim again and keep hurting them. Then his sentence is court ordered therapy. But he refuses. He simply doesn't want to change. Should the police just keep arresting him over and over? Should the victim be forced to go into hiding and lose all the local connections?

How does prison abolition handle someone who simply doesn't want to change or care about the victim?

Also, should brock turner be in prison?

First of, I have read some interesting prison abolitionist views such as Abolition feminism now, Brick by brick and a copy of Abolition Revolution. I'm from the UK so networking with prison abolition from UK perspective I am 80% convinced on abolition since i am aware this is not effectively solving the problem and vulnerable people are being punished (homeless, sex workers, migrants and refugees) and the over use of tough on crime is just reinforcing state powers and abuse rather than Systematic changes to address the harm happening (economic empowerment, education, end of borders to name a few) and more solid forms of accountability over minor crimes

The 20% I'm uncertain is on issues of murder, extreme Cases of sexual violence, Hate crimes, grooming gangs and so on. I am aware the use of "true evil" doesn't actually do anything and I know prisons Don't effectively scare people, neither does the death penalty. I'm looking for more concrete examples, plans and readings that address how do we handle these extreme Cases of harm

It's New Year's Eve and traditionally - well at at least for several years - anarchists across the world have gathered outside the prisons of the world to loudly inform the unfortunately incarcerated that they aren't alone, that they are remembered. It's the same tonight. See our final day of the 2014 events calendar for an incomplete listing of some of these events. Those in Europe and the UK have already happened, but those in Canada and the USA are still to come.

Hello all. I wanted to share a project that has been in the works for about two years to hear what you all think of it.

I've been collaborating with an artist and activist, Darrell Fair, on a project about mass incarceration call Bird. Bird is an interactive documentary where players can piece together memories from Darrell's life, told through recorded interviews of him and his family, his own hand-drawn art and animations, and through various interactions such as home-video projects and telephone calls. The goal is to leverage the digital technology of video games to connect to people outside of the black-box of prison, so that people can have meaningful conversations about mass incarceration.

It's a very intimate and vulnerable look at Darrell's life, resulting in what I think is a powerful experience of humanization of the prison population. I'm at the point where I am ready to share this project with players and at festivals and I'm searching for an audience that would have a genuine vested interest in this story, and who might support or join Darrell's fight.

For those that would like more information about this, you can find out more about it here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2920280/Bird/ or a short video on it here: https://youtu.be/61cSbcWhRfA

I understand this is a divisive topic, and an unorthodox medium for exploration of mass incarceration, but I'd love to hear your honest thoughts. What do you all think? Is this something you would be intrigued by?

Screen Capture from Darrell's \"Conviction\" Memory, Hand-Drawn Animation from Stateville Correctional, IL