PinnedMicah Herskind·Jul 14, 2019Resource Guide: Prisons, Policing, and PunishmentLast updated: June 2020
Micah Herskind·Mar 1, 2021Some Lessons from Mariame Kaba’s “We Do This ‘Til We Free Us”We can and must collectively build a world without policing, prisons, surveillance, punishment, and capitalism––a world in which all are…A response icon1A response icon1
Micah Herskind·Apr 14, 2020Three Reasons Advocates Must Move Beyond Demanding Release for “Nonviolent Offenders”We must stop legitimizing incarceration for one group while advocating against it for another.A response icon5A response icon5
Micah Herskind·Dec 24, 2019The Individualizing Paternalism of Big Christian Prison Ministry™️What if, instead of only ministering to those who are captive, prison ministries also challenged the dehumanizing basis of captivity…A response icon2A response icon2
Micah Herskind·Dec 7, 2019Some Reflections on Prison Abolition after #MUMIDecember 7, 2019A response icon2A response icon2
Micah Herskind·Jul 17, 2019Hate the Sin, Hurt the Sinner: An(other) Open Letter to My Christian Friends and FamilyWe need to look beyond intentions and assess outcomes, and the outcomes of a non-affirming theology are fundamentally harmful.A response icon4A response icon4
Micah Herskind·Jul 13, 2019An Open Letter to My Non-Open-and-Affirming Friends and FamilyNote: I originally posted this letter as a Google doc in October 2016, during my sophomore year of college. I’m re-posting it here as I…