What would a society look like without the need for prisons? This issue looks to abolition movements from the present and past, and (we hope) helps move us towards a future where all are free from cages.

• Editorial: Prison Abolition is a Fantasy Worth Pursuing
  Miriam Meinders and John K. Samson 6
• Feature Material
• Out of Sight, Out of Mind
  Megan Piercey Monafu 8
• Fight it from the Side
  Adam Joyce 12
• My Captive Audience
  Jane Christmas 14
• A Year-Long Conversation Across the Border of Freedom
  Sruthi Pinnamaneni 16
• A Prophet on the Payroll
  Glenn Morison 18
• Prison Abolition Becomes Possible
  Walidah Imarisha with John K. Samson 22
• Blessed are Those Who are Persecuted
  Benjamin Hertwig 30
• School. Camp. Prison.
  Andrew Woolford 34
• Restorative Correctinos
  Carol Finlay 36
• Colonial Justice System Serves to Dispossess
  James Wilt 38
• Quaker Roots of Prison Abolition
  Garrett Zehr 40
• Prison Library Books Down, Orders Go Up
  MGPW 43
• Black is the New Black
  Andrea S. Anderson 45
• Legal Assistance is an Act of Faith
  Josiah R. Daniels 46
• Knuckle Bumps on Bulletproof Glass (an excerpt)
  Chris Hoke 48
• To Break Down Walls Takes Time
  Neaners 50
• Kindness versus Quotas
  Sarah Quezada 51
• Reform-Abolition Spectrum
  Josiah Neufeld 54
• Women Resist: A Conversation with Victoria Law
  Miriam Meinders 58
• Road to Abolition
  Critical Resistance with Geez Staff 62
• Glossary
  Staff 64
• Freedom is a Constant Struggle (excerpts)
  Angela Y. Davis 65
• Resources for Further Study
  Staff 66
• Where to Begin
  Miriam Meinders 68
• We Know Unfreedom, We Must Co-Imagine Freedom
  Keguro Macharia 80
• Regulars
• Letters 70
• Civil Disobedience
  James Wilt 74
• Reverend Billy Arrested at Anti-Monsanto Protest
• Moral Monday Tour Spans 15 State
• ‘Some Black Sheep’ Smash Windows of Church Starbucks in Atlanta
• South African Friar Shot in Face by Rubber Bullet
• Faith-Based Activists Assist in Nationwide Shut-Down of Oilsands Pipelines
• Christian Peacemaker Teams
  Kathy Kern 77
• Peace Accords Signed, But Not Ratified
• Christian-Muslim Hospitality
• Feministry
  Bre Woligroski 78
• Burkini Ban Beach Party
• Protest Against Women Bishops Banned
• Catholic Worker
  Lydia Wyllie-Kellermann 79
• Standing in Solidarity with Standing Rock
• Commemorations of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• Poetry
  Melanie Dennis Unrau, editor
• I Tried My Hand at Haiku
  David Bonyun 11
• Illustrations
• Undocumented: The Architecture of Migrant Detention (excerpt)
  Tings Chak 1
• The Human Kennel (excerpt)
  Jeannette Tossounian 23