The Prisonism Journal

Is the Prison System Failing Its Staff?

End Prisonism

When people think about the harms of prison, they almost always think about incarcerated individuals. Few stop to consider the correctional officers who spend their careers inside those same walls....

Is the Prison System Failing Its Staff?

End Prisonism

When people think about the harms of prison, they almost always think about incarcerated individuals. Few stop to consider the correctional officers who spend their careers inside those same walls....

If Rehabilitation is Real, Why Punish It?

If Rehabilitation is Real, Why Punish It?

End Prisonism

After 27 years in federal prison, Tony Bailey built a successful new life as a city bus driver and grandfather. Now, a legal loophole threatens to send him back. Dive...

If Rehabilitation is Real, Why Punish It?

End Prisonism

After 27 years in federal prison, Tony Bailey built a successful new life as a city bus driver and grandfather. Now, a legal loophole threatens to send him back. Dive...

22 Deaths but who's counting?

End Prisonism

22 People have died in CJC since 2020  Shame seems to be a concept of the past. Are we really okay with people dying while in custody and care of our city jail? No criminal charges have been filed against any corrections...

22 Deaths but who's counting?

End Prisonism

22 People have died in CJC since 2020  Shame seems to be a concept of the past. Are we really okay with people dying while in custody and care of our city jail? No criminal charges have been filed against any corrections...

What Is Prisonism? Understanding a System Built...

End Prisonism

Prisonism is the set of beliefs and policies that normalize incarceration as the default response to social problems. Learn what it means and why ending it matters.

What Is Prisonism? Understanding a System Built...

End Prisonism

Prisonism is the set of beliefs and policies that normalize incarceration as the default response to social problems. Learn what it means and why ending it matters.