Envisioning Alternatives and Abolition

I am interested in what we are going to do when we have a world without prisons—that’s right, I said, “WHEN.” Because it is going to happen: we willwin…But then what?”

Aswemovedinour3rdsession tofocusingonimaginingaworld withoutprisons,wecontinuedto grapplewiththequestionof howtorespondtoharm.

“I've had a lot of like fear, too, around thinking if we got rid of police and prisons tomorrow, what's our response to extreme things that could also happen tomorrow.” ~Karyn

“I think of how we’re so scared of each other, and what that fear does in our society. I think about people’s misplaced fear in terms of how it perpetuates incarceration of the PIC. I want to ask, what do we think is the right answer to help people who are so fearful of others to learn that they are not actually, mostly, in danger, and that they just need to be kind and understand that we’re living in this world together.” ~Kari

Buttogetherwemoved pastthatinto wondering-howisfear usedtocontrolus,to limitoursenseofwhat ispossible?Canwesee throughthestories we’vebeentoldabout harm&safety?

“A lot of intention went into making us think that prisons make us safe. The narrative got crafted to convince us that prison was a thing we needed, and to make us think we’d always believed that. This is how the story was told, that prisons and policing are the only things to keep us safe, and in telling this story, they also removed all the other structures that might keep us safe.” ~Toran