Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 20 hours ago
Do police and prisons really help society in any meaningful way? How can we deal with crime without them?
Made in collaboration with ex-cop abolitionist ThatDangDad youtube.com/@ThatDangDad
Featuring: Mainely Mandy youtube.com/@MainelyMandy
Maddie Merlin youtube.com/@themaddiemerlin
Bothered Boy youtube.com/@BotheredBoy
Aranock youtube.com/@Aranock
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And on Twitch @Zyllable
Zylla's Athenaeum theme by Daniel Raine and Nora Borealis of Whole Tone Studio.
Additional music and sound effects by ZapSplat.
Thumbnail by LadyKnighttheBrave
Selected sources:
The End of Policing, Alex Vitale
Slavery and Social Death, Orlando Patterson
Prison and Social Death, Joshua Price
pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/03/01/most-violent-and-property-crimes-in-the-u-s-go-unsolved
insider.com/bulletproof-dave-grossman-police-trainer-teaching-officers-how-to-kill-2020-6
ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/crime/qa05101.asp#:~:text=A%3A,number%20of%20arrests%20in%202011.
washingtonpost.com/graphics/investigations/police-shootings-database
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/687518
nytimes.com/2005/06/28/politics/justices-rule-police-do-not-have-a-constitutional-duty-to-protect.html
nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/cities-vowed-2020-cut-police-funding-budgets-expanded-2021-rcna9864
efsgv.org/press/study-two-thirds-of-mass-shootings-linked-to-domestic-violence
aclu.org/podcast/why-are-police-wrong-response-mental-health-crises-ep-122-0
psychiatrist.com/pcc/delivery/trauma-from-involuntary-hospitalization-impact-mental-illness-management/#top
theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/09/police-officers-who-hit-their-wives-or-girlfriends/380329
prisonfellowship.org/resources/training-resources/in-prison/faq-typical-day-prison
psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brain-chemistry/201902/the-effects-solitary-confinement-the-brain
https://news.uchicago.edu/story/us-prison-labor-programs-violate-fundamental-human-rights-new-report-finds#:~:text=Yet%2C%20most%20states%20pay%20incarcerated,hour%20for%20non-industry%20jobs.
vera.org/dignity-behind-bars/living-conditions-in-prison#:~:text=Brutal%20living%20conditions%20for%20the,public%20oversight%2C%20leading%20to%20abuse.
washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/11/23/cops-took-more-stuff-from-people-than-burglars-did-last-year
justice.gov/afp/file/5-yr_forfeiture_trends.pdf/download
reason.com/2018/09/14/how-to-keep-cops-from-shooting-dogs
phys.org/news/2020-03-debunks-myths-crime.html
medium.com/@jeremyerdman/we-produce-enough-food-to-feed-10-billion-people-so-why-does-hunger-still-exist-8086d2657539#:~:text=The%20world%27s%20farmers%20produce%20enough,this%20excess%2C%20hunger%20still%20exists.
researchgate.net/publication/241746569_We_Already_Grow_Enough_Food_for_10_Billion_People_and_Still_Can't_End_Hunger
politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/25/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/ocasio-cortez-new-york-city-there-are-3-vacant-apa
https://basicincome.stanford.edu/uploads/Umbrella%20Review%20BI_final.pdf
vox.com/2014/5/30/5764096/homeless-shelter-housing-help-solutions
theguardian.com/cities/2019/dec/10/homelessness-is-not-inevitable-and-can-be-solved-these-cities-show-us-how
indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/no-crime-no-prison-this-european-country-has-no-criminals-to-put-behind-the-bars-1239372-2018-05-23
cnn.com/2022/03/12/us/excited-delirium-police-deaths-study/index.html
apnews.com/article/shootings-texas-education-violence-school-31aa135678f8118ed96d893ea77cf8ea
usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/02/27/daniel-prude-died-ruled-homicide-so-why-isnt-crime/6831579002
aclu.org/press-releases/criminal-justice-task-force-releases-first-ever-federal-blueprint-ending-solitary#:~:text=Currently%2C%20more%20than%2010%2C000%20people,facilities%20on%20any%20given%20day.
epi.org/publication/wage-theft-bigger-problem-forms-theft-workers
themarshallproject.org/2022/11/04/florida-s-voter-fraud-arrests-are-scaring-away-formerly-incarcerated-voters
propublica.org/article/in-florida-the-gutting-of-a-landmark-law-leaves-few-felons-likely-to-vote
fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-its-still-so-rare-for-police-officers-to-face-legal-consequences-for-misconduct
slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/08/police-testilying.html
nida.nih.gov/publications/drugs-brains-behavior-science-addiction/treatment-recovery
thehill.com/opinion/education/509350-a-pandemic-is-no-time-to-undermine-public-education
Do police and prisons really help society in any meaningful way? How can we deal with crime without them?
Made in collaboration with ex-cop abolitionist ThatDangDad youtube.com/@ThatDangDad
Featuring: Mainely Mandy youtube.com/@MainelyMandy
Maddie Merlin youtube.com/@themaddiemerlin
Bothered Boy youtube.com/@BotheredBoy
Aranock youtube.com/@Aranock
Patreon is here!: patreon.com/zyllas_athenaeum
Or for a one-time donation, feel free to buy me a Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/zyllablack
Follow me on Twitter @Zyllable
Mastodon @zyllable@wandering.shop
And on Twitch @Zyllable
Zylla's Athenaeum theme by Daniel Raine and Nora Borealis of Whole Tone Studio.
Additional music and sound effects by ZapSplat.
Thumbnail by LadyKnighttheBrave
Selected sources:
The End of Policing, Alex Vitale
Slavery and Social Death, Orlando Patterson
Prison and Social Death, Joshua Price
pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/03/01/most-violent-and-property-crimes-in-the-u-s-go-unsolved
insider.com/bulletproof-dave-grossman-police-trainer-teaching-officers-how-to-kill-2020-6
ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/crime/qa05101.asp#:~:text=A%3A,number%20of%20arrests%20in%202011.
washingtonpost.com/graphics/investigations/police-shootings-database
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/687518
nytimes.com/2005/06/28/politics/justices-rule-police-do-not-have-a-constitutional-duty-to-protect.html
nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/cities-vowed-2020-cut-police-funding-budgets-expanded-2021-rcna9864
efsgv.org/press/study-two-thirds-of-mass-shootings-linked-to-domestic-violence
aclu.org/podcast/why-are-police-wrong-response-mental-health-crises-ep-122-0
psychiatrist.com/pcc/delivery/trauma-from-involuntary-hospitalization-impact-mental-illness-management/#top
theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/09/police-officers-who-hit-their-wives-or-girlfriends/380329
prisonfellowship.org/resources/training-resources/in-prison/faq-typical-day-prison
psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brain-chemistry/201902/the-effects-solitary-confinement-the-brain
https://news.uchicago.edu/story/us-prison-labor-programs-violate-fundamental-human-rights-new-report-finds#:~:text=Yet%2C%20most%20states%20pay%20incarcerated,hour%20for%20non-industry%20jobs.
vera.org/dignity-behind-bars/living-conditions-in-prison#:~:text=Brutal%20living%20conditions%20for%20the,public%20oversight%2C%20leading%20to%20abuse.
washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/11/23/cops-took-more-stuff-from-people-than-burglars-did-last-year
justice.gov/afp/file/5-yr_forfeiture_trends.pdf/download
reason.com/2018/09/14/how-to-keep-cops-from-shooting-dogs
phys.org/news/2020-03-debunks-myths-crime.html
medium.com/@jeremyerdman/we-produce-enough-food-to-feed-10-billion-people-so-why-does-hunger-still-exist-8086d2657539#:~:text=The%20world%27s%20farmers%20produce%20enough,this%20excess%2C%20hunger%20still%20exists.
researchgate.net/publication/241746569_We_Already_Grow_Enough_Food_for_10_Billion_People_and_Still_Can't_End_Hunger
politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/25/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/ocasio-cortez-new-york-city-there-are-3-vacant-apa
https://basicincome.stanford.edu/uploads/Umbrella%20Review%20BI_final.pdf
vox.com/2014/5/30/5764096/homeless-shelter-housing-help-solutions
theguardian.com/cities/2019/dec/10/homelessness-is-not-inevitable-and-can-be-solved-these-cities-show-us-how
indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/no-crime-no-prison-this-european-country-has-no-criminals-to-put-behind-the-bars-1239372-2018-05-23
cnn.com/2022/03/12/us/excited-delirium-police-deaths-study/index.html
apnews.com/article/shootings-texas-education-violence-school-31aa135678f8118ed96d893ea77cf8ea
usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/02/27/daniel-prude-died-ruled-homicide-so-why-isnt-crime/6831579002
aclu.org/press-releases/criminal-justice-task-force-releases-first-ever-federal-blueprint-ending-solitary#:~:text=Currently%2C%20more%20than%2010%2C000%20people,facilities%20on%20any%20given%20day.
epi.org/publication/wage-theft-bigger-problem-forms-theft-workers
themarshallproject.org/2022/11/04/florida-s-voter-fraud-arrests-are-scaring-away-formerly-incarcerated-voters
propublica.org/article/in-florida-the-gutting-of-a-landmark-law-leaves-few-felons-likely-to-vote
fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-its-still-so-rare-for-police-officers-to-face-legal-consequences-for-misconduct
slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/08/police-testilying.html
nida.nih.gov/publications/drugs-brains-behavior-science-addiction/treatment-recovery
thehill.com/opinion/education/509350-a-pandemic-is-no-time-to-undermine-public-education
