As “carceral feminism” has become ever more distilled, rigidly individualised ideas around what – and who – the “carceral feminist” is have also emerged. A process which has been accelerated with the growing interest in anti-carceral perspectives following calls to defund the police in 2020 in the aftermath of the Black Lives Matter protests.

Recording & Transcript of the public launch of the Abolitionist Strategies VS Carceral Reforms Gender Based Violence Resource. Event was held in June 2024 and the speakers were Leah Cowan, Lola Olufemi and Billy

Gender Based Violence Series launch will draw on some of the focus of the Abolitionist Strategies to Gender Based Violence resource, while also teasing out some of the problems found in our current ways of conceptualising responses to gender based violence.

Recording & transcript: On October 15th people accross continents joined an online workshop Against Border Carcerality and towards Abolition that brought together activists, community organizers, and engaged researchers to share experiences, insights and strategies based on their ongoing struggles against border carceral systems, including detention, deportation, and encampment, across different countries and contexts. 

Here’s a list of reasonably priced abolitionist books.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Writing for 4Front, Sara Chitseko argues that prisons fail to tackle the causes of social problems.

Prisoner Solidarity Network’s John Bowden tours Britain’s Prisons: HMP Brixton, HMP Pentonville and HMP Wandsworth.

Sarah Lamble argues about the need to create stronger connections between struggles for gender and sexual justice and movements against mass incarceration

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.

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.

Opening Roundtable of the Abolitionist Futures Conference in 2018 with Beth Richie, Ruth Wilson Gilmore and Deborah Coles. Friday 15 June 2018

Sara Chitseko of 4Front writes that body cameras, community policing and police training are not adequate responses to police violence in the UK

Tom Kemp and Koshka Duff discuss what calls to ‘defund the police’ look could look like in the UK.

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.

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.