Read a full digital copy of this edition of Radical Alternative to Prison’s journal “The Abolitionist” (1986) No. 21

This article recalls the uprisings that occurred in British prisons fifty years ago and the role played by PROP - the prisoners’ union.

The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill will provide the legal mechanism for charities – including Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) – to operate prisons for the first time in England and Wales.

As we push to #KillTheBill we need to also bring an end to the terrible situation faced by prisoners still on IPP sentences. We need to #RIPtheIPP

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