Lee 00:00 So obviously you have been, like involved in and entrenched in this with Measure J and with been very outspoken about closing prisons and defunding the police. And you know, IJ is an organization about the abolition of… Read More »Transcript: Season 1, Episode 8, Abolition is Closing Prisons and Defunding the Police
Ra 00:0 Today we’re talking about disability, and Disability Justice. A disabled person is anyone with a non-conforming body or mind, it’s basically assessed on a diagnostic level as someone who has difficulty interacting with the world. Disability Justice rises from… Read More »Transcript: Season 1, Episode 7, Disability Justice
Taina 00:00 Today we’re joined by guest Professor Oscar Soto who’s a Chicano scholar, activist and prison abolitionist. His work centers on systemic change and he works closely with prison abolitionists communities and communities that want to see an end to… Read More »Transcript: Season 1, Episode 6, Abolition is Ending the School-to-Prison pipeline and Poverty
Ra 0:00 Today we’re talking about feminism, and patriarchy, and all the different ways that gender impacts the abolitionist movement and incarceration. We have a special guest, and Charlene who is the founder of the BYP 100 project, as well… Read More »Transcript: Season 1, Episode 5, Gender Equity
Lee 0:00 Today we’re gonna talk a little bit about our personal experiences around mass incarceration and how it hinders, or at least oppresses family connections, not only while we’re inside, but then when we return back to the community. I… Read More »Transcript: Season 1, Episode 4, Community Connections
Lee 0:00 While I was inside, and I was going through different institutions, even the criminalization or the dehumanizing or the the stigma that was around folks that were dealing with mental health issues was also relevant for people that… Read More »Transcript: Season 1, Episode 3, Decriminalizing Mental Health with Cat Brooks
Eunisses 0:00 I’m really excited to be joining y’all, and it sound it feels like you have a flow. Your voices, you know, balance off each other so I’m excited being in this convo. Lee 0:11 You bring a lot… Read More »Transcript: Season 1, Episode 2, Decriminalizing Drugs with Eunisses Hernandez
Lee 0:17 Abolition is for everybody is a podcast that tackles the sometimes difficult conversations around prison abolition. Ra 0:24 I’m Ra. Lee 0:25 And I’m Lee. Ra 0:26 We’re excited to talk about the possibilities and realities of abolition… Read More »Transcript: Season 1, Episode 1, Abolition 101 with Patrisse Cullors
Lee: Abolition is for Everybody is a podcast that tackles the sometimes difficult conversations around prison abolition. Ra: I’m Ra Taina: And I’m Taina. Lee: And I’m Lee Ra: We’re excited to talk about the possibilities and realities of abolition… Read More »Transcript: Season 1, Episode 0, Pilot, Meet Your Co-Hosts