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Shaker Aamer and the future of Guantanamo

His fear, to his last days at Guantanamo, was that he would not make it out alive.

By Jeremy Varon

/ 6 Nov 2015

Why I glued myself to a ticket barrier and shut down the Eurostar

Last Friday I joined 300 migrants' rights protesters gathered at St Pancras station, spilling fake blood and blocking passengers from travelling overseas. Here’s why.

By Tatiana Garavito

/ 19 Oct 2015

What will it take to shut down Yarl's Wood?

Hundreds of people will protest against the locking up and abuse of women at Yarl's Wood detention centre.

By Gemma Lousley

/ 5 Jun 2015

40 acres and a mule would be at least $6.4 trillion today: what the US really owes Black America

Slavery made America wealthy, and racist policies since have blocked African-American wealth-building. Can we calculate the economic damage?

By Tracy Loeffelholz Dunn

/ 29 May 2015

Can the prison system be transformed? Shaka Senghor and #Cut50

A new campaign to be launched on March 26 aims to cut the U.S. prison population in half by 2025.

By Molly Rowan Leach

/ 25 Mar 2015

Rape culture: would prison abolition help women?

What would transformative justice for survivors look like? Part of Transformation's prison abolition series.

By Josh Kitto

/ 24 Feb 2015

There is no such thing as prison reform: an interview with CeCe McDonald

CeCe McDonald was sent to prison for defending herself against a hate crime. On the one year anniversary of her release, she discusses how to fight back against oppression. Part of Transformation's prison abolition series.

By Andrea Abi-Karam

/ 13 Jan 2015

From Weather Underground activist to life in prison

Even in a just war we need to feel the pain and tragedy of losses on the other side. And in the Brink's robbery our own mistakes and failings led to unnecessary casualties. An extract from Love and Struggle: my life in SDS, the Weather Underground and Beyond.

By David Gilbert

/ 26 Dec 2014

Restoring justice to America

The United States is a violent nation. The police are part of this problem. They have to be part of the solution.

By Molly Rowan Leach

/ 22 Dec 2014

Why I want to burn everything down right now—and why I’m not going to

What I learned from James Baldwin’s writing about race, in a moment of great anger.

By James Edwards

/ 17 Dec 2014

The transformation of a warrior behind bars

I’m sick of seeing people die, I’m tired of losing loved ones. I don’t want to die on the streets, I don’t want to get shot over some nonsense and I don’t want to shoot anyone.

By Kazu Haga

/ 9 Dec 2014

The need for transformation in UK detention centres

Seeking asylum in the UK is like falling from the frying pan into the fire. The first in Transformation's series on prison abolition.

By Abbey Kiwanuka

/ 3 Dec 2014