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Motherhood Made Me Even More of a Prison and Police Abolitionist

In this excerpt from “We Grow the World Together: Parenting Toward Abolition,” co-editor Maya Schenwar names an unexpected source of wisdom: children.

Life Inside • 01.10.2025

Computer Book Bans and Other Insights From a Year Investigating Prison Censorship

Incomplete data. Inconsistent policies. How banned books in prison can strip away an incarcerated person’s vision of the outside world.

Analysis • 12.08.2023

Prison Is a Dangerous Place for LGBTQ+ People. I Made a Safe Space in the Library.

As a queer teen, Michael Shane Hale found belonging in books. Here’s how he built a place where everyone can read in peace in prison.

Life Inside • 11.03.2023

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