Activists are conflicted about whether the move is a win for incarcerated people and allies — or for the carceral state.

Source: https://truthout.org/articles/newly-uncovered-documents-reveal-the-fbis-campaign-against-bob-dylan/

And because of that imbalance, a majority of the 50 largest metropolitan areas studied were designated carceral cities, communities were cops predominate and wellbeing suffers.

Source: https://therealnews.com/a-cop-watcher-attended-the-trial-of-a-corrupt-officer-the-judge-made-him-pay-for-it

I think it’s safe to assume that the people who run the carceral state see rape as a feature (not a problem) of the prison system, as yet another form of discipline and punishment.

Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/27/roaming-charges-79/

“Palestinian life,” Albanese argues, exists on “a carceral continuum.”

Source: https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/07/16/israeli-counterterrorism-is-not-arbitrary/

The carceral system became her new abuser.

Source: https://jezebel.com/this-new-essay-collection-reminds-us-abusers-can-be-rea-1850925691

When the carceral state is in crisis, it will seek remedies to further its own existence.

Source: https://truthout.org/articles/prison-closure-divides-abolitionist-community-in-washington-state/