Prisons are a Public Health Crisis – and the Cure is Right in Front of Us

An article about how prisons “breed the spread” of pandemics. This article is part of Abolition for the People, a series brought to you by a partnership between Kaepernick Publishing and LEVEL, a Medium publication for and about the lives of Black and Brown men. The series, which comprises 30 essays and conversations over four weeks, points to the crucial conclusion that policing and prisons are not solutions for the issues and people the state deems social problems — and calls for a future that puts justice and the needs of the community first.

Author: Kenyon Farrow
Resource Type: Online Article