Beyond Prisons is a podcast on prison abolition that elevates the voices of people directly impacted by the system.
In this episode I sat down with the amazing Jennifer Viets for a conversation about her work as a restorative justice practitioner in Chicago.
Dylan and Molly from Critical Resistance are back, analyzing the shifting political terrain ahead and what this means for organizing against the prison industrial complex (PIC), against war, warmaking, and militarism, for ecological justice and collective liberation.
For this episode Kim sat down with long-time educator and organizer, Anya Tanyavutti for a conversation about her contribution titled “Shelter and Shower Toward Abolition: A Reflection on Collective Care, Reproductive Justice, and Educational Justice.”
Kim sits down with Ryan Sorrell, founder of the Kansas City Defender, for a conversation about what motivated him to start a media organization, his early days as a content creator covering community and cultural events with his childhood friend and collaborator, and the influence of the Radical Black press had on shaping his thinking and approach to journalism as a tool for liberation.
Dylan Rodriguez joins Kim for a conversation about respecting his children’s autonomous voice, why he named his Fantasy Football team “Uncle Dylan Never Lies,” and what that has to do with abolitionist parenting.
Garrett Felber joins Kim for a conversation about the campaign to Free the Mississippi Five.
Sarah Tyson joins Kim for a spirited conversation about her suspicions about happiness and the intellectual underpinnings that inform why happiness is not a worthy goal in general, but specifically for her children.
Susana Victoria Parras & Alejandro Villalpando discuss how, through a continued practice of communal study, they are able to renew their commitment to each other, their child, and to their community in ways that are generative and don’t engage in disposability politics or pathologizing their elders and ancestors.
In our special new series ‘Lessons from the Garden,’ Kim Wilson will be interviewing contributors to the forthcoming anthology that she co-edited with Maya Schenwar, We Grow the World Together: Parenting Toward Abolition.
Kim speaks with long-time independent journalist Chuck Modiano for a conversation about movement media making, the importance of media literacy, and the intersection of sports and politics.
Critical Resistance’s Dylan and Molly analyze the history, purpose, and proliferation of control units throughout the US and beyond.
Josh Davidson and Leslie James Pickering from the Certain Days collective join the show to talk about 2024’s Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners calendar and the work of their collective.
This is the first episode of our new series titled “Over the Wall: The Abolitionist Hour with Critical Resistance.” Hosted by members of CR’s The Abolitionist Editorial Collective, they discuss articles and key interventions made by CR’s cross-wall, bilingual newspaper, The Abolitionist.
We explore the multifaceted role of prison libraries, and the challenges faced by prison librarians in providing access to information and literature within the confines of the correctional system.
To commemorate the podcast’s six birthday, Kim and Brian reflect on their approach to this media project, what has brought them joy outside of it, and a lot more.
Mimi Kim and Shira Hassan are back on Beyond Prisons to share some thoughts and reflections for people who are considering using the Creative Interventions Toolkit.
Brian Kaneda and Woods Ervin join the show to tell us about the Close California Prisons Campaign.
Mimi Kim and Shira Hassan join Beyond Prisons to discuss the basics of interpersonal violence based on their work and experiences with the Creative Interventions Toolkit.
The following talk was delivered by Dr. Kim Wilson at the DecARcerate Arkansas 2022 conference in Little Rock.
