Whenever I talk about abolition, someone inevitably brings up victims' rights. And I agree, people who experience violent and terrible crimes should have rights. They need care. They need therapy. They need community. They need protection.

None of which is provided by our system of cages.

@theleftistlawyer

The more we, as human beings, learn about how various circumstances affect the brain, the more it baffles me that anyone would support prison as a social positive. Like, all evidence shows prison does far more harm than good.

@CorvidCrone @theleftistlawyer it's called a justice system, but in practice it's largely a vengeance system