I Believed in Prison Abolition Until My Own Father Was Assaulted
It’s easier to think someone is redeemable when they don’t hurt someone you love
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7 min readApr 16, 2020
Around 11 p.m. on August 27, 2019, a notification appeared on my phone. I saw through a location-sharing app that my mom was at our local hospital, and she never leaves the house at night. I called her several times. No…
