Quakers and Prison Abolition: A Conversation

On 13th April 2024, Quakers from across Scotland met in Glasgow Meeting House and online for the event ‘Quakers and Prison Abolition: A Conversation’, organised by the Scottish Quaker Community Justice Network. It was an exploratory conversation and also a challenging one, which asked attendees to set aside conventional wisdom around imprisonment and imagine radical approaches to justice informed by Quaker principles.

This publication continues that conversation, featuring articles from the three main speakers, quotations from prisoners spanning the last hundred years, and artwork that aims to engage the heart and imagination in questions of abolition.

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