Foregrounding some resources from Catholic Social Teaching on prison and police abolition today (also available on our Resources page):
Church Life Journal’s series on prison abolition and Catholic ethics:
- Vincent Lloyd, Prisons are a Biblical Abomination
- Katie Walker Grimes, From Slavery to Incarceration
- Kathryn Getek Soltis, Can Justice Demand Prison Abolition?
Michael Jaycox, A Catholic Case for Police Defunding and Abolition
Also check out the Catholic Mobilizing Network and the book they recently published on restorative justice, Redemption and Restoration: A Catholic Perspective on Restorative Justice