These are a collection of titles we recommend for anyone who wants to gain knowledge on ending state violence and the numerous problems of incarceration. (We are continuing to add material here).
On Prison Abolition, Rethinking Justice, and Ending Reliance on Incarceration:
On the Death Penalty:
Prisoner and Ex-prisoner memoirs/biographies:
Videos/Podcast:
On Wrongful Conviction:
Videos:
The Innocence Files (Netflix)
When They See Us (Netflix)
On Prisoner Resistance:
On Ending Policing
On Immigrant Detention:
Video: Residents on Both Sides of the Border Try to Help Asylum Seekers Illegally Turned Away by US Govt.
On Prison Issues:
Good Introductions For Youth/Teens:
Real Justice–Non-fiction stories of Wrongful Convictions, series by Lorimer Press
The Lives of Sacco and Vanzetti (Non-fiction graphic novel) by Rick Geary
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater
Book List on Theory and Prison History:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/44634.Prison_History_Theory
Abolitionist Syllabus:
https://icopa2018.com/pre-conference-events/abolitionist-reading-discussion-group/reading-list/
Texas Abolitionists 