The challenge of prison abolition: a conversation

Part of a special issue on critical resistance to the prison-industrial complex. In an interview, Angela Y. Davis, a tutor at the University of California and prison related activist, discusses the challenge of prison abolition. Subjects addressed include how her own imprisonment affected her politi...

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Authors: Davis, Angela Y. 1944- (Author) ; Rodríguez, Dylan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2000
In: Social justice
Year: 2000, Volume: 27, Issue: 3, Pages: 212-218
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Criminal justice system > United States
Prison administration
Prison reform
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Summary:Part of a special issue on critical resistance to the prison-industrial complex. In an interview, Angela Y. Davis, a tutor at the University of California and prison related activist, discusses the challenge of prison abolition. Subjects addressed include how her own imprisonment affected her political formation; the fundamental principles underlying the contemporary prison abolitionist movement; the International Conference on Penal Abolition; the political challenge of forming a new project of prison abolitionism; how prison abolition necessitates new political language, teachings, and organizing strategies; and how abolition forces people to rethink common assumptions about jurisprudence.