This article argues that defunding the police is necessary in Britain. It responds to critics who suggest that defunding the police is US strategy that doesn’t translate well to the UK.

Read a full digital copy of this edition of Radical Alternative to Prison’s journal “The Abolitionist” (1983) No. 13

A selection of recent and forthcoming resources.

All violence in prison is unacceptable and we must address that, not demonise marginalised groups.

Read a full digital copy of this edition of Radical Alternative to Prison’s journal “The Abolitionist” (1982) No. 12

Read a full digital copy of this edition of Radical Alternative to Prison’s journal “The Abolitionist” (1982) No. 11

Read a full digital copy of this edition of Radical Alternative to Prison’s journal “The Abolitionist” (1982) No. 10

A selection of recent and forthcoming resources.

Fifty years ago prisoners in France’s Nancy prison protested - this is their story and how it related to the wider prisoners’ movement in France in the early 1970s

Read a full digital copy of this edition of Radical Alternative to Prison’s journal “The Abolitionist” (1981) No. 9

Read a full digital copy of this edition of Radical Alternative to Prison’s journal “The Abolitionist” (1981) No. 8

Book review of Abolition Revolution by Aviah Sarah Day and Shanice Octavia McBean

Read a full digital copy of this edition of Radical Alternative to Prison’s journal “The Abolitionist” (1981) No. 7

Our next reading group is happening. Join us every fortnight from 17th January 2023 online from 7:30-9pm UTC/GMT

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 6

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.