abolition is for everybody

On the final episode of Season 2, Adam is joined by former Season 2 guests and community organizers Adrianna Griffith and Graham Finochio to share their experiences with the prison system. Together, they discuss the failures of our system as a vehicle for rehabilitation and safety, and the type of care and insight that is most responsible for creating a new pathway.

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In this season of Abolition is for Everybody, we talk about harm–what creates it, what recycles it, and how we can find our way to meaningful means of repair. To do this, we talk to folks who have caused harm, folks who prevent it, folks who experienced it, and we learn a lot about how often harms intersect, or grow from the same root. We’re excited to have these conversations with you!

To access episode transcripts, visit: www.InitiateJustice.org/Podcast

On episode 9, Abolition Addresses Violences Against Children, Abolition is for Everybody’s hosts dive into violences they have experienced as children, as well as ways we all contribute to them. They discuss the failures of society as a vehicle for safety, intervention, and the type of insight and work that is most responsible for creating a new pathway.

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In this season of Abolition is for Everybody, we talk about harm–what creates it, what recycles it, and how we can find our way to meaningful means of repair. To do this, we talk to folks who have caused harm, folks who prevent it, folks who experienced it, and we learn a lot about how often harms intersect, or grow from the same root. We’re excited to have these conversations with you!

To access episode transcripts, visit: www.InitiateJustice.org/Podcast

Audio Captioning: We’re so thankful for the Dad’s who fight and heal with us. On this Father’s Day, we’d like to acknowledge the incarcerated fathers around the world who continue to parent through 15-minute phone calls, countless letters, and behind glass doors. We know first-hand how incarceration strains and shifts relationships, and how 92% of incarcerated men are fathers- and that’s just one part of that story. We see you loving. We see you healing. We see you protecting. We see you. If you are celebrating Father’s Day, know we are celebrating with you. If you’d like to learn more, we encourage you to look into organizations that are working tirelessly to reunite fathers with their children.

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On episode 8, Abolition Addresses Domestic Violence and Family Harm, Abolition is for Everybody’s co-hosts are joined by former LWOP and DropLWOP advocate, Susan Bustamante. Together, the hosts talk about Susan’s experience with domestic violence and family harm and her perspective after being incarcerated for 31 years. We also discuss the failures of incarceration as a vehicle for safety, intervention, and the type of insight and work that is most responsible for creating a new pathway.

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In this season of Abolition is for Everybody, we talk about harm–what creates it, what recycles it, and how we can find our way to meaningful means of repair. To do this, we talk to folks who have caused harm, folks who prevent it, folks who experienced it, and we learn a lot about how often harms intersect, or grow from the same root. We’re excited to have these conversations with you!

To access episode transcripts, visit: www.InitiateJustice.org/Podcast

On episode 7, Abolition Addresses Gun Violence, Adam, Crystal and Ra hear the story of a currently incarcerated individual. Together, the hosts talk about the lineage of harms that led to his own participation in the cycle, as someone who has caused this type of harm. We also discuss the failures of our systems as a vehicle for safety, and the type of care and work that is most responsible for creating a new pathway.

Music by Lesfm from Pixabay

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In this season of Abolition is for Everybody, we talk about harm–what creates it, what recycles it, and how we can find our way to meaningful means of repair. To do this, we talk to folks who have caused harm, folks who prevent it, folks who experienced it, and we learn a lot about how often harms intersect, or grow from the same root. We're excited to have these conversations with you!

To access episode transcripts, visit: www.InitiateJustice.org/Podcast

On episode 6, Abolition Addresses Sexual Assault, Abolition is for Everybody’s co-hosts are joined by Initiate Justice’s Outside Organizer and Abolition Corner facilitator, Sarah. Together, the hosts talk about Sarah’s experience with sexual assault and her perspective as an abolitionist who has experienced this harm. We also discuss the failures of incarceration as a vehicle for safety, and the type of insight and work that is most responsible for creating a new pathway.

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In this season of Abolition is for Everybody, we talk about harm–what creates it, what recycles it, and how we can find our way to meaningful means of repair. To do this, we talk to folks who have caused harm, folks who prevent it, folks who experienced it, and we learn a lot about how often harms intersect, or grow from the same root. We’re excited to have these conversations with you!

To access episode transcripts, visit: www.InitiateJustice.org/Podcast

On episode 6, Abolition Addresses Sexual Assault, Abolition is for Everybody’s co-hosts are joined by Initiate Justice’s Outside Organizer and Abolition Corner facilitator, Sarah. Together, the hosts talk about Sarah’s experience with sexual assault and her perspective as an abolitionist who has experienced this harm. We also discuss the failures of incarceration as a vehicle for safety, and the type of insight and work that is most responsible for creating a new pathway.

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In this season of Abolition is for Everybody, we talk about harm–what creates it, what recycles it, and how we can find our way to meaningful means of repair. To do this, we talk to folks who have caused harm, folks who prevent it, folks who experienced it, and we learn a lot about how often harms intersect, or grow from the same root. We're excited to have these conversations with you!

To access episode transcripts, visit: www.InitiateJustice.org/Podcast

Audio Captioning: We’re so thankful to the moms who fight and heal with us— our Inside Organizer moms, our Inside Member moms, our Outside Organizer moms, our Staff moms, our Volunteer moms, our Outside Member moms, our Ally moms, and everyone — birth givers or not— who hold this work in motherly love. We know first-hand how incarceration strains and shifts relationships, and how 80% of incarcerated women being mothers is just one part of that story. We know that all sides of motherhood can be complex even without state interference. We see you loving. We see you healing. We see you protecting. We see you.. This, like all our work, is for extended generations, and we applaud all of it. If you are celebrating Mother's day, please know that we are celebrating with you. If you're interested in learning more, we encourage you to look up organizations in your area that support currently incarcerated, formerly incarcerated, and system-impacted moms.

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On episode 5, Abolition Addresses Murder/ Manslaughter, Adam, Crystal and Ra hear Dan's story. Dan is a currently incarcerated individual whose actions led to the death of his bestfriend, Jr. Together, the hosts talk about the lineage of harms that led to Dan's own participation in the cycle, as someone who was charged with manslaughter. We also discuss the failures of our systems as a vehicle for rehabilitation and intervention, and the type of care and insight that is most responsible for creating a new pathway.

Music by Lesfm from Pixabay

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In this season of Abolition is for Everybody, we talk about harm–what creates it, what recycles it, and how we can find our way to meaningful means of repair. To do this, we talk to folks who have caused harm, folks who prevent it, folks who experienced it, and we learn a lot about how often harms intersect, or grow from the same root. We're excited to have these conversations with you!

To access episode transcripts, visit: www.InitiateJustice.org/Podcast

On this Minisode: The one where we talk about solitary confinement, Ra is joined by season 1 co-host Lee, and Pamila Lew, an attorney in the Investigations Unit at Disability Rights California. Pamila shares the history of solitary confinement, the different ways state facilities refer to it, and the many different communities of folks who are placed in it and have to experience the torturous and negative impacts of solitary confinement.

To access the transcript for this episode visit, www.InitiateJustice.org/Podcast