Recs if you like American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment...

All of his picks since 2008, both summer reading lists and yearly round-ups.

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

books to read on 4th of july and beyond. politics/history/social issues, let me know if you have any suggestions!

Laws are threats made by the dominant socio-economic ethnic group in a given nation. It’s just a promise of violence that’s enacted and police are basically an occupying army, you know what I mean? You guys wanna make some bacon?

Created by a surviving family member of a police-sanctioned lynching.

As someone who voraciously reads fiction, getting interested in non-fic is a bit of a slog. Does that describe you? Fantastic! Here are non-fic books that I found page-turning, compelling, and interesting.

The J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize is an annual $10,000 award given to a book that exemplifies, "literary grace, a commitment to serious research and social concern." The prize is given by the Nieman Foundation and by the Columbia University School of Journalism.