Abolition Week 2025: BORDERS, our fifth annual Abolition Week, considers the way the fascist state's reformation has enriched the carceral system—by widening the net cast to capture any forms of anti-state resistance, and subjecting a wider mass of people to systems of captivity.
In this series incarcerated, formerly incarcerated, and systems-impacted writers explore the violence of borders alongside the relationship between ICE, the IDF, and U.S. carceral systems, imperialism, and capitalism.
Palestinian Political Prisoner Shukri Abu Baker's Poetry Book Debuts in Houston
The Holy Land Foundation was founded in 1989. Rooted in Palestinian self-determination, the charity provided an incredible amount of material support to Palestinian people, combating the brutality of life under occupation.
DAY4
ICE and the IDF: The Transnational Nexus of State Control
These links illustrate both the ideological and practical ties between the two bodies, as both serve as means to increase the militarization of policing via the weaponization of surveillance technology.
CRISIS
The reality of mental health care in prison
Yes, we may be incarcerated, but we are still humans, and that should be reason enough for fair medical care.
DAY 3
The Gauntlet: Fight Night in a Texas Prison
As a surfeit of emotions overwhelms me at once as I count one hundred and ninety-seven steps. The officers are waiting for me with wolfish grins. I know that something is not right.
USE/ABUSE
A new directive permits prison guards to record strip searches using body cameras
Why is the carceral state storing recordings of typical strip-frisks without incident involved?
DAY 2
ICE and the military use the same playbook—exploiting impoverished communities
The coercive nature of jobs within the immigrant detention industrial complex—whether at privately-run ICE facilities in economically disinvested areas or with ICE itself—is not so different from the coercion that drives people to join the military.
POETRY
Ain't Sh*t Changed
Aint Sh*t changed… so let's stop pretending that what is happening has not always been
POLITICAL PRISONERS
The Colonial History of Texas Rangers
The Texas Rangers police force was founded in 1823 to enforce colonial rule in a "for whites only" government.
DAY 1
Free Xinachtli: Political Prisoners and Preserving Radical Histories
But here's the thing about political prisoners: they are not only prisoners, organizers, or revolutionaries. They are people, artists, lovers, writers, and poets.