One of the most persistent myths about the US prison system is that the system of mass incarceration helps deter and change harmful behavior. Yet according to the federal government’s own statistics, ...

Student activists gathered to discuss prison abolition at a teach-in on Wednesday night, bringing forward their concerns with the prison-industrial complex and proposing ways to move toward its ...

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In The Idea of Prison Abolition, Harvard philosopher Tommie Shelby asks whether incarceration can ever be just, either in an unjust world such as ours or in a fully just society. He shows his cards ...

Laura Anne Jones made news on the floor of Reform UK's conference, when she told BBC Wales the party would not rule out backing scrapping the Welsh Parliament. The Member of the Senedd for South Wales ...

While Peoples’ story had received media attention before, the CBS segment represented a watershed moment, decades in the making. One of the country’s most-watched news shows, with nearly 5.5 million ...

When Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed five property tax reform bills into law on Dec. 19, there was hope in Columbus that it would appease voters who might have backed a citizen-led push to abolish ...

Acting Prosecutor General Noh Man-seok stated on the 24th regarding the Government Organization Act, which includes the abolition of the Prosecutors’ Office, that “erasing the ‘prosecution’ stipulated ...

Why Bhumjaithai’s Grip on Power Is More Fragile Than It Looks In the May election, a significant number of Thais are expected to vote for a party that has spoken about the need to reform – or even ...

This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. There has been “no moral leadership from the Biden administration and the Democrats” on immigration policy, argues Detention Watch Network’s ...