"Ruth Wilson Gilmore says: ‘abolition is about presence, not absence. It’s about building life-affirming institutions.’ If we want to end incarceration in all its forms, we need to build a world where we do not reactively force people to live, but one that is survivable."
"Mental health responses must be community and patient-run, well-funded, free from entrenched power dynamics, and should centre care rather than force."