We Do This 'til We Free Us

Reading this was a very powerful experience and I'm glad that I took a couple of weeks to read through it at my lunches at work.

I am in awe of Kaba's humility, generosity, and hopefulness around prison industrial complex abolition. Her words have given me a lot to think about like the fact that police don't prevent or solve (most) crimes, that punishment isn't necessarily justice, that thinking about these issues is a process, that we are only limited by our imagination of what a future without prisons and police would look like. It also made me think a lot about being in a position to do surveillance and have power over teens at work.

Finally, if you're a true crime fan, as I am, I definitely recommend you check this out as a way to think about crime, punishment, and what justice actually could be.