Prisons Are an Issue

many sources linked were found on this guide by Micah Herskind

Prisons are a(n) _____ issue.

Fill in with your passion of choice. Replace prisons with ICE, jails, the military, prosecutors, detention centers, cops, border control, the foster care system, neighbourhood watch, parole, the school to prison pipeline, cash bail, juvy, or any other aspect of the Prison Industrial Complex.

prisons are a public health issue

Empty the Jails Now

The Pandemic Is the Right Time to Defund the Police

prisons are an environmental issue

America's Toxic Prisons: The Environmental Injustices of Mass Incarceration

Incarceration, Justice and the Planet | Earth First! Newswire

Is Prison Necessary? Ruth Wilson Gilmore Might Change Your Mind

The Connection Between Mass Incarceration and Environmental Justice

prisons are a racial issue

prisons are a queer issue

Five reasons mass incarceration is a queer issue

prisons are a trans rights issue

Police, Jails & Prisons

Few transgender prisoners are housed according to their identity - putting many in danger

prisons are a feminist issue

Against Carceral Feminism

A Look at Feminist Forms of Justice That Don't Involve the Police

prisons are a sexual health issue

Surviving Rape as a Prison Abolitionist

Locking People Up Doesn't Make Us Safer, Abuse Survivor Says

I Was Sexually Assaulted. And I Believe Incarcerating Rapists Doesn't Help Victims Like Me.

prisons are a violence prevention issue

How Anti-violence Activism Taught Me to Become a Prison Abolitionist

'Invisible No More' Examines Police Violence Against Minority Women

prisons are an Indigenous rights issue

Life Comes From It: Navajo Justice Concepts | Transform Harm

[Documentary] Hollow Water - Hidden Water

'Colonial model of policing' fails many Indigenous communities, study finds | CBC News

Policing in Indigenous Communities

prisons are a human rights issue

Amber Guyger Should Not Go To Prison

How capitalism has changed activism

Why arresting killer cops won’t bring us justice