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Podcast: Turning A Moment Into A Movement
Episode: Prison Reform vs Prison Abolition Is there Anything about The US Prison System Worth Saving?
Description: “Reforming the prison entails changing its existing practices to make the system a better one. Abolishing the prison entails dismantling it wholesale. Reformers object to how the prison is administered. Abolitionists object to the prison’s very existence.” — Ruby C. Tapia-
-Prison reformers have uniquely focused on advocacy, policy change, and healthcare support for people already in the criminal justice system.
-Prison abolitionists have advocated for policy change and community alternatives to incarceration, including community centers, schools, and physical and mental health care resources.
Where they overlap, however, is in their work to expose t...