ACAB, Abolition & Decriminalization

People experiencing crisis are not criminals; they are persons in need of help from trained professionals. Perhaps it is time we leave crime work to police and the care of mentally ill persons to health care professionals. Doing so would contribute to increased public safety, reduced harm during police encounters, and free up police resources to deal with crime.

Ejaz Choudry requested life support and was instead given a death sentence. He joins Rodney Levi, Chantel Moore, D’Andre Campbell, Regis Korchinski-Paquet and hundreds of other deceased victims in the archives of police brutality and neglect — more proof we shouldn’t have needed that police routinely inflict the violence they supposedly exist to counter; that they […]

Not for you or me

Not for you or me

Defunding the police means redirecting the budget for Canada's police forces to other services that focus on social supports and mental health, experts say.

An analysis of trends over the last 20 years in Canada could not find any correlation between increases in municipal police budgets and a reduction in crime rates. There’s another way forward.

The Anti Police-Terror Project is a Black-led, multi-racial, intergenerational coalition that seeks to build a replicable and sustainable model to eradicate police terror in communities of color. We support families surviving police terror in their fight for justice, documenting police abuses and connecting impacted families and community members with resources, legal referrals, and opportunities for healing. APTP began as a project of the ONYX Organizing Committee. APTP es una coalición multirracial e intergeneracional, liderada por gente Negra. Buscamos construir un modelo replicable y sostenible para erradicar el terror policial en las comunidades de color en los Estados Unidos. Apoyamos a las familias que están sobreviviendo el terror policial en su lucha por justicia. Documentamos los abusos policiales y conectamos a las familias y miembros de la comunidad con recursos, ayuda legal, y oportunidades para la sanación. Anti Police-Terror Project comenzó como un proyecto de Onyx Organizing Committee.Cover image by Brooke Anderson Photography

Toronto police say there have been hundreds of charges for hate crimes in Toronto since Oct. 7, 2023. The actual number appears to be much lower.

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Never Home is a groundbreaking multimedia project documenting nine years of discriminatory immigration changes by the Canadian government.

Four years after two incarcerated men sought ways to help their peers face mental health issues, Los Angeles County is expanding their successful efforts.

It wasn’t Black-on-Black crime. Violent video games and rap songs had nothing to do with it; nor did poverty, education, two-parent homes or the international “bootstraps” shortage. When a judge tasked researchers with explaining why Massachusetts’ Black and Latinx incarceration was so high, a four-year study came up…

Sweden's ban on the purchase of sex significantly increased reported rape offenses by approximately 44% to 62% between 1997 and 2014, suggesting unintended negative consequences of the legislation.

Homelessness and substance use disorder are closely linked, but many people struggling with both are unable to get the help they need.

In three decades of advocating for prison abolition, the activist and scholar has helped transform how people think about criminal justice.

Ruth Wilson Gilmore’s Abolition Geography is written to be used.