Beyond Courts

by Community Justice Exchange, Interrupting Criminalization, Critical Resistance

Beyond Criminal Courts is a collection of resources created for organizers, advocates and community members working together to build the organizing-power we need to defund, divest, and ultimately to dismantle criminal courts for good. Beyond Criminal Courts invites readers to learn about criminal court processes and to deepen an abolitionist analysis and critique of criminal courts. It also offers a vision for alternative ways of investigating, evaluating and adjudicating harm, and presents ideas for organizing to build power to ultimately defund and dismantle criminal courts.

Genres: Nonfiction

144 pages

Published July 2, 2024

Reviews

[Jung · Rating 5 out of 5]

[5 stars] An introduction to and overview of the U.S. criminal court system as a part of the prison industrial complex (PIC) worth abolishing. This is an incredibly helpful guide for those new to PIC abolition history, theory, and organizing, as well as those who are more experienced but in search of new resources for education and mobilization. Information is presented in graphic and written form to aid with understanding, and links are shared for additional learning. Highly recommended to anyone who cares about and/or works with criminalized and incarcerated people, regardless of individual stances on PIC abolition, as well as organizers, educators, and circle keepers who want to learn more about non-PIC approaches to investigating and addressing harm.

Publication Info: Haymarket Books, July 2024
Goodreads Challenge 2024: 48/48 (reached my goal!)

[Aditi]

Abolish the PIC