Recs if you like Prison by Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms...

Please let me know if I’ve missed anything, you have recommendations, or anything should be removed!

These texts all require some level of prior knowledge and understanding of abolition, how the carceral system functions, organizing, & more.

I also have a list for intro/beginner texts

All of the books listed here are introductory texts for Prison Abolition. The books on this list need no prior knowledge and are all great starting points for understanding prison abolition. You will find personal accounts, journalistic and essay books, as well as accessible analyses and histories of policing/incarceration

This list is the why of abolition

Nonfiction books that address criminal psychology, flaws with the justice system, and what is to be done about it.

essential leftist literature