Nuclear abolitionists in the Plowshares movement have been imprisoned for bringing attention to the fact that nuclear weapons are immoral and illegal under international law.

Even in ancient societies not known for their delicacy about violence, solitary confinement stood out as a horror. In our own time we are far less clear-eyed about its violent nature.

Crimes committed because of financial hardship are a form of labor and should not be subject to criminal legal punishment.

Poetry can help incarcerated authors to reclaim the story of their life.

For National Poetry Month 2025, a new series of work from poets incarcerated in Mississippi State Penitentiary

From Celes Tisdale’s creative writing workshop with Attica Uprising survivors.

The routinized violence of prison strip searches robs incarcerated men of their health, sexuality, and so much more.

During the mid-twentieth century, the Bureau of Prisons ran two “narcotic farms” that muddled medical care with incarceration, part of a growing trend that criminalized addiction.

Abstinence-only drug treatment doesn’t work. For people in prison, where drugs flow freely, such programs simply place them at greater risk of relapse.

At a time of political realignment, progressive movements need to get back to building relationships, across differences, and growing their base.

Now more than ever communities must protect our own, even as we prepare for a long battle.

Faced with violence and authoritarianism, survival demands prioritizing relationship building over reactivity, and solidarity over silence.

An incarcerated writer and advocate in California implores: “Don’t waste my time trying to make it more comfortable for me in here.”

Ending prison slavery and giving fair wages to incarcerated workers are necessary steps on the pathway to justice.

Abolition requires the world-building work of imagining all the many life-affirming alternatives to incarceration.