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Defund the Police in the UK
This chart breaks down the difference between reformist reforms which expand the scope of policing, and abolitionist steps that reduce the scale of policing and its detremental impact. It is a UK-relevant resource adapted from a poster created by Critical Resistance in the US.
Posters for imagining abolitionist alternatives
These posters can help us think about what safety is and to imagine the infrastructure we need to keep safe. They were designed by Amber Hughson @conflicttransformation
Alternatives to calling the police
By thinking about why you feel the need to contact the police, developing your own skills around conflict resolution and educating yourself on what alternatives are available, you can minimise police interference in your area and avoid further endangering those who might be put at physical risk by their presence.
What Would Happen If We Defunded Police in the UK?
Dr. Adam Elliott-Cooper and Adam Pugh talk to Vice to give their ideas on what defunding the police would look like in the UK.
What would a world without prisons look like?
We take prisons, or jails, for granted - but how effective are they? And are there better alternatives? In this video, Dr David Scott, explores what a world without prisons might be like.
"Prisons do not disappear social problems, they disappear human beings"
Writing for 4Front, Sara Chitseko argues that prisons fail to tackle the causes of social problems.
Introducing Britain’s Prisons
Prisoner Solidarity Network’s John Bowden tours Britain’s Prisons: HMP Brixton, HMP Pentonville and HMP Wandsworth.
Ten Reasons to Dismantle the Prison Industrial Complex through Queer/Trans Analysis and Action.
Sarah Lamble argues about the need to create stronger connections between struggles for gender and sexual justice and movements against mass incarceration
Defund the Police in the UK
This chart breaks down the difference between reformist reforms which expand the scope of policing, and abolitionist steps that reduce the scale of policing and its detremental impact. It is a UK-relevant resource adapted from a poster created by Critical Resistance in the US.
A history of UK abolition
Campaigning against prisons and the police and attempting to build a just world, free of domination and an economy based on mutual cooperation are not new. Here is an overview of the long history of organisations and individuals in the UK working towards these goals, even if all were not explicitly abolitionist.
Prison Abolition and Gender, Racial & Economic Justice’
Opening Roundtable of the Abolitionist Futures Conference in 2018 with Beth Richie, Ruth Wilson Gilmore and Deborah Coles. Friday 15 June 2018
4Front: Abolition NOT Reformation
Sara Chitseko of 4Front writes that body cameras, community policing and police training are not adequate responses to police violence in the UK
Would ‘Defund the Police’ Work in the UK?
Tom Kemp and Koshka Duff discuss what calls to ‘defund the police’ look could look like in the UK.
A world without Prisons?
On June 15th - 18th 2018, activists from around the world gathered in London for Abolitionist Futures: this year's International Conference on Penal Abolition. Over the weekend, there were over 100 presentations and workshops with contributions from 18 countries, bringing activists and community organisers together to plan for a future where prisons, policing and punishment are no longer used.
Understanding Abolition in the UK
Writing for Amaliah, Hejera Begum outlines 3 abolitionist reforms for the UK: Banning police being posted in schools, ending stop and search, and abolishing Prevent.
CAPE: Abolition 101
Campaign Against Prison Expansion put on this excellent panel discussion on prison abolition in the UK.
Transformative Perspectives on Crime and Justice
The World Transformed hosted this excellent panel discussion on police, prisons and immigration enforcement with contributions from Blair Buchanan, Luke Hayes, Dr Tanzil Chowdhury, Rosalind Comyn, Rebecca Roberts, Divya Sundaram and Dr Patrick Williams.
What If Prisons Were Abolished?
In this video, Professor Ruth Wilson Gilmore examines what a society without prisons looks like. She examines the connections between slavery, racial capitalism and the prison industrial complex.
Towards an abolitionist drug policy reform
Imani Robinson notes that harm reduction’s foundations in a radical critique of punishment provides a platform to build alliances between movements that seek to dismantle the ‘war on drugs’ and other other carceral systems.