We cannot simply do away the police - we need to address the conditions in which people feel that police are the only or best option for responding to harm in their lives. We must build other means for preventing and addressing harm that will actually keep us safe.

On June 15th - 18th 2018, activists from around the world gathered in London for Abolitionist Futures: this year's International Conference on Penal Abolition. Over the weekend, there were over 100 presentations and workshops with contributions from 18 countries, bringing activists and community organisers together to plan for a future where prisons, policing and punishment are no longer used.

Writing for Amaliah, Hejera Begum outlines 3 abolitionist reforms for the UK: Banning police being posted in schools, ending stop and search, and abolishing Prevent.

Campaign Against Prison Expansion put on this excellent panel discussion on prison abolition in the UK.

The World Transformed hosted this excellent panel discussion on police, prisons and immigration enforcement with contributions from Blair Buchanan, Luke Hayes, Dr Tanzil Chowdhury, Rosalind Comyn, Rebecca Roberts, Divya Sundaram and Dr Patrick Williams.

In this video, Professor Ruth Wilson Gilmore examines what a society without prisons looks like. She examines the connections between slavery, racial capitalism and the prison industrial complex.