A common (& understandable) question: "what's the alternative to prison? What will replace it?" Making a thread because I’m tired of answering individually. The short answer: there isn't ONE alternative, and the question fundamentally misunderstands what abolition proposes. And the followup thread: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1228784188054286337.html

Black & Pink's mission is to abolish the criminal punishment system and to liberate LGBTQ+ people/people living with HIV who are affected by that system, through advocacy, support, and organizing.

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Krasner’s mass incarceration memo outlining criminal justice reforms is a dream come true.

"Part of our mission is to offer opportunities for change," she says as we walk back out into the visiting area near the facility's front gate. "We figure at least 90 percent of our offender population is going to be getting out. Someday, one of these guys will be your neighbor." She smiles. "It's our responsibility to make sure that is a better person leaving here than it was coming in."