Read this graph closely. Most of you know incarceration is out of control. But I bet you didn& #39;t know that incarceration for convicted people has actually gone down. The growth is for people that haven& #39;t even been convicted. https://twitter.com/Appolition/status/1199008641195663366">https://twitter.com/Appolitio...

I have an evolving understanding of the difference between the prison abolition movement and the prison reform movement, partly thanks to @appolition& #39;s social media manager who was at an abolition event with me yesterday.

At first I thought abolition was an Overton window thing, where you say abolition to make reduction of incarceration seem more normal.

But now I& #39;m hearing it close to literally. It& #39;s a journey.

Abolition seems to be short hand. "Find ways to abolish each part of the penal system."

Not all parts are figured out. But many parts are obvious.

So it& #39;s abolish cash bail, not reform cash bail. Same non-violent drug offenders. Just abolish.

NYC hired 500 cops to arrest subway fare jumpers. Total cost of cops + incarceration is way higher than lost fares.

Obv, we don& #39;t need those cops. But... do we even need the turnstyles? I was in Berlin and their trains run on the honor system.

Abolition leads much deeper, into restorative justice where making amends is more important than being punished, and I& #39;d say, more radically into a critique of capitalism. How do you address that news stories about scary criminals make for good business for media companies?

But I think most people who dug into abolition could get at least to the point of abolishing giant parts of the prison system. You don& #39;t have to go all the way to ending capitalism (on day one).