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In the f ielrl of prison abolitlon, it means Ietting go of thinking which can be seen &s traditional and certain and something we t'must haven. For exariple, getting away Irom irJeas such as reforming the prison syitem or that it is something that is savable " rAlternatives (aboltion) eannot come from living in the existing order but wiLft come a process of change as a result of a transition

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i-s basLcatr-lY our peaceful Proteet, pra cticing our first ame ndment rightsr freedom of spe ech as well as fre edom of press. s defend ing Itr s deterring PoI ice viol-ence r ittpolice' activtr-ty' documenting ts I the communi-tY and whatare we ab'le to do in ift's basieali, ="ying \""o*""*i"i pti,t*"i to prevent porice violenee. '"*i="= onfy'showing up afterfsomebod.y's been kiiled, i so itr s an act lof so---f iaari-ty " COP WATCH

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If you take the case of Yj-ctor Ortega who was shot and kil-led by SDPS inJune of 2012.

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Cop watching can b e casu &1, whj-le y-utre walkins down the s treet and happened to observe another pa ir of eyes, if you want to filrn, you cart.C op watching is also

learningr such as audio relay, which is what we do and then going out in the community as needed.

Ies r just lack l-iberation, blackstrugg ow r donr seek wor k from the grouhd uP' You kn p, just follow ne eeisarifl.Y seeking leadershi + he lead oi the oPPressed '

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I reatly like that! I"ollow the lead of the oppressed. I can ostensi"bly connec't that you'anO me have the same ideals of the polile and prison s;rstems and that they need to be LUotistreO and not "Reformed" Knowing that, How wouLd abolition of the police Ind prison sys!9fs..look like?' what hoe* the future look Likel in your eyes?' \ UAPT I

?hat8s a very good question, f,or me, what ifm doing now is helping to create strong cornmunities, through tenant defense and copwatehi community defexrser each dayr each stopr €BCh time someone walks aw&[r

Letter viriting to subjugated bodies in the U.S. prison system is noti. just exercising a communication form that was nopular a century ago.

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Although it can be s een as only a piece of paper with words that transfers information from one person to another, the syrnbolic nature of

Letter writing, especially to prisoner$, is criticat for an myriad of reasons. i{irst, it transverses the imposed physical and psychological" barri.ers imposed by the state. It critiques and deconstructs the regulated tool of punishment that is isolation. the criticat and writing, action that is letter direct I ask you to ask yourself a few questions befr:re ynu start this traneformative experience, Why are wiritng? Do you want to write to a po1itical prisoner?: D0 you want to wri-te to gain a friend?

Who should you write to? Where should you write to? lVhat shoul"d you write Al,thou.gh we now recognize

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physically write or write a letter online. You can also decide if you want to write with a group or create your own letter writing groupr or do you want to do it yourself? Regardless of what you pick, there are many resources out there to help you outll rec,ommend asking yourself how you would like to contri,bute and rsearch from there.

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The materials themselves can also be restri- ctive STay away from drawing on envelopes, colored paperr and heavy card stock. I stil,l recommend checking the prisons website to make sure

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Thi-c book be seenr &rtd should be, a.s the platf orm f on ulnd e rs tand ing the carceral system and state violence. I recorhmend that y.ou start here so t"h;rt'you can create a concrete unherstandinq of the prison system.

The thesis of the book is simP1e.

Davis argues for decarceration of our society to advance the goals of

abolition by highfighting alternatives to jail and prison. 'Ihese 'rw i11 reqt4ire radical- transformation of many aspqcts of our societyfi Additionally, AngeIa Davis also itluminatrs the history of the prison system and its problematic connections between racism, slavery, imperi.ilisin,, homopholria and xenophobia.

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Captive Genders is a critical book for mu1tip19 reisons. The book includes interviews, discussions stories, and facts, 8.II concerning the pri-son inciustrial system and police and their abolition perspective from a trans/queer and non-conforming rr10 reasons to as This incluries sections such through complex ciismantle the prison industrial Queer/Trans anai-ysis and actlon, discussions between people who experienced violence at the hands of these structuree, and experiences of writers suchas Kalainiopua Young, who writee about the history of settler colonialism in Hawaii and how it heJ-ped influence the pnison industrial system. A must read for conceiving voices nCIt often heard.

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prison-inriustrial complex and the carceral system is a task within itself.

One of the questions you are probably asi<ing yourself is [Where do i even begin this journey of understanding? " I know ive asked this myself . Don!,t be alarmed however as we rnust always start from snrretuhere. 'Ihis part of the zine is thag somewhere. This section wants to help guide you in where to start, including what books and z.ihes to read, in order to better understand what the prison system truly is and how to combat it.

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MASS incarceration, border parto colonia Iism ,and r:t her asent s and structures. Itl, not only reveals lthe violehce committed against these groups but also highlight e the structure in place and the history that got us here. 'IHIS book is critical in understanding the struggles surrounding the abolition of the carce ratr- {syetem.

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