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 ...

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, ...

A dark money group that has received millions of dollars from George and Alex Soros's nonprofit network is partnering on a new "Abolition School" that trains activists to eliminate police and prisons.

A participant holding a “Defund the Police” sign at a protest in Brooklyn, N.Y., demanding justice for all victims of police brutality. (Photo by Erik McGregor / LightRocket via Getty Images) This ...

Survivors of Rikers, family members of inmates and jail reform advocates gather outside of City Hall, 2021. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) The movement to abolish prisons and policing in the ...

About a decade ago, Richard Trumka, then president of the AFL-CIO, told a crowd gathered at Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles that “the theme of this event is mass employment, not mass incarceration.” ...