The latest 2012 International Conference on Penal Abolition (ICOPA) hosted by Trinidad and Tobago June 13-15 presented some interesting arguments and talks from activists, former prisoners, and scholars attending from all over the world. To view video copies of presentations from the conference see: Video Presentations ICOPA 2012
also see the University of Trinidad and Tobago web page on the conference:
http://sta.uwi.edu/conferences/12/icopa/icopa.asp
To learn more about ICOPA 2012 and to stay up to date on future conference dates and submission call outs see: http://www.actionicopa.org/
"Ruth Rittenhouse Morris was a Canadian
activist, scholar, and Quaker. She was at the forefront of the early prison abolition movement, and a founding member of the International Conference on Prison Abolition (ICOPA) which is one of the most prominent abolitionist groups working today." learn more about Ruth:
http://abolishprisons.org/tag/ruth-morris/
http://www.quakersintheworld.org/
Also founded by Ruth was the Toronto based Rittenhouse. A small one staff member organization mandated to provide the public education on prison and prison abolition. "Find out more here: http://joanr73.wordpress.com/
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