Recs if you like Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison...

reading is political.

recs welcome!

Books about how systems of inequality are constructed and maintained.

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