Knowra Prison abolition movement Prison abolition movement A movement seeking to replace prisons and punitive systems with approaches that prevent harm, address social needs, and respond to wrongdoing without incarceration.
Prison-industrial complex : The network of institutions and interests that expand the use of imprisonment and profit from or reinforce it. Abolitionists use this framework to explain how incarceration is sustained beyond individual prison sentences.
Angela Davis : An American scholar and activist whose work examines prisons, racism, feminism, and abolition. Her writing helped make contemporary prison abolition a widely discussed political project.
Prison reform : Efforts to change prison policies, conditions, or administration without necessarily ending imprisonment. The distinction between reform and abolition concerns whether prisons remain central to social responses to harm.
Abolitionist organizing : Collective political work aimed at reducing carceral power and building non-carceral ways to meet needs and address harm. It turns abolitionist analysis into campaigns, institutions, and community practice.
Violence prevention : Policies and practices intended to reduce the occurrence and severity of interpersonal or collective violence. Abolitionist proposals are tested by whether they prevent harm without relying on confinement.
Restorative justice : An approach to wrongdoing that emphasizes repairing harm through the participation of affected people and communities. It offers processes for accountability and repair outside conventional punishment.
Ruth Wilson Gilmore : An American geographer and abolitionist whose work analyzes prisons, racism, and political economy. Her account of organized abandonment and surplus populations shaped abolitionist analysis.
刑事司法制度 : The institutions and procedures through which governments investigate, prosecute, adjudicate, and punish alleged crimes. Abolition challenges the system’s reliance on policing, courts, and incarceration.
Bail reform : Changes to pretrial release policies intended to reduce detention based on inability to pay money bail. Abolitionists often support ending money bail as a step toward reducing jail incarceration.
Accountability (social behavior) : The practice of acknowledging conduct, its effects, and responsibilities for repair or change. Abolition raises questions about accountability when formal punishment is not the response.
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