Colombian Activists Destigmatize Drug Use—and Make It Safer
After a failed War on Drugs, Échele Cabeza is working to protect drug consumers rather than penalize them.
Abolition
YES! Media’s abolition coverage focuses on replacing policing and prisons with institutions that promote upstream solutions to public health. Our stories explore places where divesting from incarceration has led to re-investments in public infrastructure: early education, free college, public libraries, tax-funded healthcare, basic income programs, job training, and more.
Indigenous Stewards Reclaim Prison Land
The Appalachian Rekindling Project purchased land in Kentucky that was designated for a federal prison.
When ICE Comes, the Bay Area Protects Their Own
Rapid response offers a model of defense grounded in a refusal to let immigrants face harm alone.
Trauma Prevention Is Crime Prevention
When people's needs are met, there is less violence—and less need for policing and prisons.
A Prison-Based Program Interrupts the Cycle of Violence
The California Institution for Men connects survivors with those who have caused harm.
The Solution to Family Violence Is Not Incarceration
We can address and even prevent domestic violence without relying on the criminal justice system.
A Violence-Prevention Helpline for Those Who Want to Change
A Call for Change helps domestic violence perpetrators hold themselves accountable.
This Argentine Prison Cooperative Ended Recidivism
Inside a maximum security prison in Argentina, Liberté offers more than education and recreation for incarcerated people—it offers lessons in solidarity.
“We the People” Includes We the Incarcerated
It’s time to let all voting-age Americans influence their government.
Could This Make It Easier to Vote in Florida If You Have a Felony Conviction?
A new statewide proposal is the latest development in a years-long saga over the voting rights of felons in the Sunshine State.
Sonya Massey Should Still Be Alive, Say Activists
Sonya Massey's killing is a reminder that police do not keep Black women, nor Black disabled people, safe, says activist Cat Brooks.
Can Elections Still Help Defund Police?
Efforts to invest in “care, not cops” continue in advance of the 2024 election—albeit at a slower pace than in 2020.
An Abolitionist Makes a Case for “No More Police”
The demand to “defund the police” asks politicians to go beyond platitudes and actually end the violence of policing, shifting resources in ways that promote the redistribution of wealth.
How to Prevent Crime Without Relying on Police
Crime is rising in America. But rather than rely on the knee-jerk response of increased policing, one violence-prevention expert offers his solutions on using a justice-lens to reduce crime.
Alternatives to Calling the Police for Domestic Violence Survivors
In most cases, calling the police on abusers is unhelpful at best, and at worst makes survivors feel less safe: “It’s really time that we recenter on what the survivors are telling us.”
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