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Abolition Apostles
@AbolitionChurch
National jail & prison ministry supporting incarcerated folks with letters, money, visits, advocacy, & re-entry. Hebrews 13:3. https://t.co/8E95dTmsl5…
Sep 14, 2020 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
FALL OF THE PRISON CHRISTIAN ABOLITIONIST SEMINAR

In 1993, Lee Griffith published “The Fall of the Prison: Biblical Perspectives on Prison Abolition”. Scholar Walter Wink says this text “unmasks the whole system of revenge that masquerades as ‘correctional’ institutions”. Three decades later, Griffith’s landmark book remains one of the only texts addressing a specifically Christian approach to prison abolition.