"You can read books all day long, but if you’re not practicing, that’s not abolition." Stevie Wilson on becoming an abolitionists.

"Diversion is not in fact a tool of decarceration but a deeply embedded part of carceral capitalism." Scholar Maresi Starzmann on the lie at the heart of diversion.

"I think back to those early nights in jail, still pregnant, drinking cups of water to fight off hunger." Marissa Potts on the terror and heartbreak of being pregnant while incarcerated.

"The initiative grew out of Freedom Reads 's work bringing libraries to prisons: alongside expanding access to literature, the organization wanted to create a platform for incarcerated readers to participate in the broader literary conversation."

Kristine Guillaume on the turbulent history of prison newspapers and their complex relationship to carceral censorship—part of our Defending Prison Journalism series.

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Stream three short films from Represent Justice’s 2026 Ambassador Films collection, each exploring the far-reaching harms of incarceration. The first in a series we’ll be sharing this fall focused on Represent Justice’s 2026 Ambassadors cohort.

"After 9/11, there was an eruption of knowledge that sought to understand what violence and discrimination against Muslims meant." Atiya Husain on how to grapple with the meaning of the War on Terror vis-a-vis race. Part of 25 Years Since 9/11 series w/ Acacia Magazine

"Twenty-five years after 9/11, the security state is no longer a response to any particular threat. It is an accumulation regime—a machine for converting tax dollars into corporate revenue." Brendan McQuade & Ed Vogel w/ Acacia Magazine

Part of our ongoing series 25 Years Since 9/11 with Acacia magazine

"Here I was ... in solitary confinement. I couldn’t have been further away from Ground Zero. And yet, as anything associated with Islam came to be treated as a threat, I was swept into the widening dragnet." —incarcerated author & imam Alim Braxton on incarceration post-9/11.