Alternatives to Hollow 1972 - by Radical Alternatives to Prison. Introduction by Rebecca Roberts.

A selection of recent and forthcoming resources.

Join us for a series of events reflecting on articles from The Abolitionist magazine, published by Radical Alternatives to Prison from 1979-1987.

A selection of recent and forthcoming resources.

Drug diversion schemes appear as a beneficial alternative to the harms of drug policing and the war on drugs. In reality, they maintain and expand the police’s reach, power and legitimacy.

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

Race to the bottom reclaiming antiracism is our Bookclub book this year. We will be covering the book over a session in October, November and December. Join us

A selection of recent and forthcoming resources.

The police don’t just exist. They are not a fact of nature. The police are brought into existence to serve a function, and a lot of effort and resources are put into keeping them in existence. Why? What are police for? —Produced by The World Transformed, Abolitionist Futures, The Upsetters and Prisoner Solidarity Network

Read a full digital copy of this edition of Radical Alternative to Prison’s journal “The Abolitionist” (1980) No. 5

A selection of recent and forthcoming resources.

Read a full digital copy of this edition of Radical Alternative to Prison’s journal “The Abolitionist” (1980) No 4

A panel to unpick the harms of schooling as part of a wider system of carceral feminism and imperialism, explore transformational work in progress, and take stock of the struggle in education from an international perspective —Organised by No More Exclusions, in collaboration with Haymarket Books, and Hajar Press

Read a full digital copy of this double edition of Radical Alternative to Prison’s journal “The Abolitionist” (1979) No 2/3

A selection of recent and forthcoming resources.

Read a full digital copy of the first edition of Radical Alternative to Prison’s journal “The Abolitionist” (1979)

Abolitionist Futures is pleased to host a digital archive of ‘The Abolitionist’ a magazine that was published in Britain between 1979 and 1987 by the group Radical Alternatives to Prison (RAP).

A selection of recent and forthcoming resources.

A selection of recent and forthcoming resources.

Aftermath starts with grief and shock, a violent act that has left many calling for an intensification of the punitive state. Taneja has resisted this and has instead recommitted herself to abolition which for her, ‘in the widest sense and at the cellular level is a word, a world, a choice to make. A resonance to action’