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Transformative Justice
  • Creative Interventions Toolkit to stop interpersonal violence
  • Furthering Transformative Justice, Building Healthy Communities An interview with Philly Stands Up
  • Generation Five Organisation working to end child sexual abuse in five generations, from an abolitionist perspective
  • INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence Amazing US based group organising from an abolitionist perspective, led by women of colour.
  • Resisting Gender Violence Without Cops or Prisons Talk by Victoria Law
  • The Audre Lorde Project’s Safe OUTside the System Collective Organising efforts for community safety resisting police violence
  • Towards Transformative Justice Pdf produced by Generation Five
  • What About the Rapists? Zine Collection of articles representing different approaches to the problem of harm & domination in our communities, from transformative justice-based accountability processes to retributive-based acts of survivor-led retaliation.
Racism & Colonialism
  • Beyond Walls and Cages. Prisons, borders and global crisis Important book linking migration & the P.I.C. Edited by Jenna M Lloyd, Matt Mitchelson and Andrew Burridge, 2012.
  • Decolonization Means Prison Abolition Film of a discussion at a conference in Portland.
  • INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence Amazing US based group organising from an abolitionist perspective, led by women of colour.
  • The New Abolitionists: (Neo)slave Narratives And Contemporary Prison Writings Written by prisoners about the contemporary prison system in the US
  • The Queer, feminist & trans politics of prison abolition toolkit
Prisoner Writing & Organising
  • Bent Bars Project The Bent Bars Project is a letter-writing project for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, gender-variant, intersex, and queer prisoners in Britain
  • Close Supervision Centres - Torture Units in the UK #2 Publication produced by Bristol ABC about Close Supervision Centres.
  • Crimethinc Radio #4: Prisoners of the World Unite
  • On the Out A zine about life after prison, produced by Bristol ABC.
  • Solidarity Without Prejudice Long term prisoner John Bowden asks what criteria could be used when supporting prisoners
  • Tenacious, Art & writings by women in prison Regular zine coming out of the US produced by prisoners
  • The New Abolitionists: (Neo)slave Narratives And Contemporary Prison Writings Written by prisoners about the contemporary prison system in the US
  • Thoughts on Prisoner Support Written by long term prisoner John Bowden
Prisoner Support & Solidarity
  • Bent Bars Project The Bent Bars Project is a letter-writing project for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, gender-variant, intersex, and queer prisoners in Britain
  • Crimethinc Radio #4: Prisoners of the World Unite
  • Never Alone A zine about supporting prisoners by those on the outside. Produced by the Empty Cages Collective and Bristol ABC.
  • Solidarity Without Prejudice Long term prisoner John Bowden asks what criteria could be used when supporting prisoners
  • The Anarchist Black Cross Federation Federation of groups supporting prisoners, political prisoners & prisoners of war
  • Thoughts on Prisoner Support Written by long term prisoner John Bowden
Prison Industrial Complex
  • Abandoned: Abolishing female prisons to prevent sexual abuse and herald an end to incarceration Article by David W. Fran. Exploring examples in the US & the UK.
  • Are Prisons Obsolete? Incredible book by Angela Yvonne Davis, 2003, Seven Stories Press
  • Beyond Walls and Cages. Prisons, borders and global crisis Important book linking migration & the P.I.C. Edited by Jenna M Lloyd, Matt Mitchelson and Andrew Burridge, 2012.
  • Captive Genders: Transembodiment and Prison Industrial Complex Book about gender & the P.I.C. An important read.
  • Challenging the Prison-Industrial Complex: Activism, Arts, and Educational Alternatives Book about how to creatively challenge the prison industrial complex
  • Close Supervision Centres - Torture Units in the UK #2 Publication produced by Bristol ABC about Close Supervision Centres.
  • Crimethinc Radio #4: Prisoners of the World Unite
  • On the Out A zine about life after prison, produced by Bristol ABC.
  • The Abolitionist Toolkit Toolkit for abolitionists developed by Critical Resistance
  • The New Abolitionists: (Neo)slave Narratives And Contemporary Prison Writings Written by prisoners about the contemporary prison system in the US
  • The Prison Works. Occasional texts on the roles of prison and prison labour By Joe Black/Bra Bros. Published by the Campaign Against Prison Slavery and Brighton Anarchist Black Cross
  • The Queer, feminist & trans politics of prison abolition toolkit
Prison Abolition
  • Abandoned: Abolishing female prisons to prevent sexual abuse and herald an end to incarceration Article by David W. Fran. Exploring examples in the US & the UK.
  • Abolition Now! Ten years of strategy and struggle against the prison industrial complex. Short book of different articles around prison abolition, mainly US focused by still very real & inspiring.
  • Are Prisons Obsolete? Incredible book by Angela Yvonne Davis, 2003, Seven Stories Press
  • Beyond Walls and Cages. Prisons, borders and global crisis Important book linking migration & the P.I.C. Edited by Jenna M Lloyd, Matt Mitchelson and Andrew Burridge, 2012.
  • Challenging the Prison-Industrial Complex: Activism, Arts, and Educational Alternatives Book about how to creatively challenge the prison industrial complex
  • Crimethinc Radio #4: Prisoners of the World Unite
  • Critical Resistance Pioneering US based group organising for prison abolition.
  • Decolonization Means Prison Abolition Film of a discussion at a conference in Portland.
  • INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence Amazing US based group organising from an abolitionist perspective, led by women of colour.
  • Instead of Prisons: Handbook for Abolitionists Comprehensive text on alternatives to prison & the decarceration movement
  • Prison Abolition is a Queer issue A4 handout on why prison abolition is a queer issue
  • Prison Abolition is Practical Article by Nathan Goodman
  • The Abolitionist Toolkit Toolkit for abolitionists developed by Critical Resistance
  • The Audre Lorde Project’s Safe OUTside the System Collective Organising efforts for community safety resisting police violence
  • The New Abolitionists: (Neo)slave Narratives And Contemporary Prison Writings Written by prisoners about the contemporary prison system in the US
  • The Queer, feminist & trans politics of prison abolition toolkit
Policing & Repression
  • Crimethinc Radio #4: Prisoners of the World Unite
  • On the Out A zine about life after prison, produced by Bristol ABC.
  • Resisting Gender Violence Without Cops or Prisons Talk by Victoria Law
  • The Anarchist Black Cross Federation Federation of groups supporting prisoners, political prisoners & prisoners of war
  • Under the Yoke of the State Selected anarchist responses to prisons & crime, vol 1. 1886 – 1929
Organising & Resistance
  • Abolition Now! Ten years of strategy and struggle against the prison industrial complex. Short book of different articles around prison abolition, mainly US focused by still very real & inspiring.
  • Beyond Walls and Cages. Prisons, borders and global crisis Important book linking migration & the P.I.C. Edited by Jenna M Lloyd, Matt Mitchelson and Andrew Burridge, 2012.
  • Challenging the Prison-Industrial Complex: Activism, Arts, and Educational Alternatives Book about how to creatively challenge the prison industrial complex
  • Crimethinc Radio #4: Prisoners of the World Unite
  • Critical Resistance Pioneering US based group organising for prison abolition.
  • How Nonviolence Protects the State Written by Peter Gelderloos.
  • INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence Amazing US based group organising from an abolitionist perspective, led by women of colour.
  • Prison Abolition is Practical Article by Nathan Goodman
  • The Abolitionist Toolkit Toolkit for abolitionists developed by Critical Resistance
  • The Anarchist Black Cross Federation Federation of groups supporting prisoners, political prisoners & prisoners of war
  • The Audre Lorde Project’s Safe OUTside the System Collective Organising efforts for community safety resisting police violence
  • The Queer, feminist & trans politics of prison abolition toolkit
  • What About the Rapists? Zine Collection of articles representing different approaches to the problem of harm & domination in our communities, from transformative justice-based accountability processes to retributive-based acts of survivor-led retaliation.
  • Winds from Below: Radical community organising to make a revolution possible Book produced by the Team Colours Collective. A must read.
Interpersonal Violence
  • Creative Interventions Toolkit to stop interpersonal violence
  • Generation Five Organisation working to end child sexual abuse in five generations, from an abolitionist perspective
  • INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence Amazing US based group organising from an abolitionist perspective, led by women of colour.
  • The Audre Lorde Project’s Safe OUTside the System Collective Organising efforts for community safety resisting police violence
  • Towards Transformative Justice Pdf produced by Generation Five
  • What About the Rapists? Zine Collection of articles representing different approaches to the problem of harm & domination in our communities, from transformative justice-based accountability processes to retributive-based acts of survivor-led retaliation.
International
  • Beyond Walls and Cages. Prisons, borders and global crisis Important book linking migration & the P.I.C. Edited by Jenna M Lloyd, Matt Mitchelson and Andrew Burridge, 2012.
  • Critical Resistance Pioneering US based group organising for prison abolition.
  • Sisters Inside Australian based group who work from an abolitionist perspective
  • The Anarchist Black Cross Federation Federation of groups supporting prisoners, political prisoners & prisoners of war
Health & Prisons
  • Dying with cancer: a booklet for prisoners Guide produced by Macmillan Cancer Support
  • Radical Herbalism Annual gathering & website with links on health justice struggles.
  • Still We Rise A resource pack for transgender and non-gender conforming people in prison
  • TGI (Transgender, Gender Variant, and Intersex) Justice Project TGI Justice Project is a group of transgender people—inside and outside of prison—creating a united family in the struggle for survival and freedom.
  • Treatment Industrial Complex A new report from the US on how for-profit corporations are undermining efforts to treat and rehabilitate prisoners for corporate gain.
Gender & Queer Struggles
  • Abandoned: Abolishing female prisons to prevent sexual abuse and herald an end to incarceration Article by David W. Fran. Exploring examples in the US & the UK.
  • Bent Bars Project The Bent Bars Project is a letter-writing project for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, gender-variant, intersex, and queer prisoners in Britain
  • Captive Genders: Transembodiment and Prison Industrial Complex Book about gender & the P.I.C. An important read.
  • INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence Amazing US based group organising from an abolitionist perspective, led by women of colour.
  • Lockdown: prison, repression and gender nonconformity A 22-page zine analysing the enforced gender segregation and classification in prisons as well as strategies for resistance.
  • Prison Abolition is a Queer issue A4 handout on why prison abolition is a queer issue
  • Prisons Will Not Protect You An anthology by the radical LGBTQ group “Against Equality”
  • Resisting Gender Violence Without Cops or Prisons Talk by Victoria Law
  • Resource section on Prisons by Against Equality A full library of links and articles about queer struggle and prison
  • Sisters Inside Australian based group who work from an abolitionist perspective
  • Still We Rise A resource pack for transgender and non-gender conforming people in prison
  • Tenacious, Art & writings by women in prison Regular zine coming out of the US produced by prisoners
  • TGI (Transgender, Gender Variant, and Intersex) Justice Project TGI Justice Project is a group of transgender people—inside and outside of prison—creating a united family in the struggle for survival and freedom.
  • The Queer, feminist & trans politics of prison abolition toolkit
  • What About the Rapists? Zine Collection of articles representing different approaches to the problem of harm & domination in our communities, from transformative justice-based accountability processes to retributive-based acts of survivor-led retaliation.
Films
  • Decolonization Means Prison Abolition Film of a discussion at a conference in Portland.
  • Resisting Gender Violence Without Cops or Prisons Talk by Victoria Law
Books
  • Abolition Now! Ten years of strategy and struggle against the prison industrial complex. Short book of different articles around prison abolition, mainly US focused by still very real & inspiring.
  • Are Prisons Obsolete? Incredible book by Angela Yvonne Davis, 2003, Seven Stories Press
  • Beyond Walls and Cages. Prisons, borders and global crisis Important book linking migration & the P.I.C. Edited by Jenna M Lloyd, Matt Mitchelson and Andrew Burridge, 2012.
  • Captive Genders: Transembodiment and Prison Industrial Complex Book about gender & the P.I.C. An important read.
  • Challenging the Prison-Industrial Complex: Activism, Arts, and Educational Alternatives Book about how to creatively challenge the prison industrial complex
  • Prisons Will Not Protect You An anthology by the radical LGBTQ group “Against Equality”
  • The New Abolitionists: (Neo)slave Narratives And Contemporary Prison Writings Written by prisoners about the contemporary prison system in the US
  • Under the Yoke of the State Selected anarchist responses to prisons & crime, vol 1. 1886 – 1929
  • Winds from Below: Radical community organising to make a revolution possible Book produced by the Team Colours Collective. A must read.
Anarchism
  • Crimethinc Radio #4: Prisoners of the World Unite
  • How Nonviolence Protects the State Written by Peter Gelderloos.
  • On the Out A zine about life after prison, produced by Bristol ABC.
  • The Anarchist Black Cross Federation Federation of groups supporting prisoners, political prisoners & prisoners of war
  • Thoughts on Prisoner Support Written by long term prisoner John Bowden
  • Under the Yoke of the State Selected anarchist responses to prisons & crime, vol 1. 1886 – 1929
  • What About the Rapists? Zine Collection of articles representing different approaches to the problem of harm & domination in our communities, from transformative justice-based accountability processes to retributive-based acts of survivor-led retaliation.

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