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Crimes committed because of financial hardship are a form of labor and should not be subject to criminal legal punishment.
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Crimes committed because of financial hardship are a form of labor and should not be subject to criminal legal punishment.
Only by approaching each person as a member of society—rather than an outcast—will we begin to unwind the punitive turn of the past sixty years.
There can be justice beyond punishment. To realize it, we must challenge the narrative that carceral violence is the only response to other forms of violence.
How might we reimagine our rights and liberties in the absence of incarceration?
No one should be made to give up their rights in exchange for being spared from prison.
The push to increase the state’s power to punish led to more incarceration but failed to create a more just society for victims of sexual violence.