Prison abolition
In line with the 2024 campaign promise to conduct the largest deportation program in U.S. history, undocumented immigrants have been the first and most vulnerable targets of attack.Immigration detention is at an all-time high due to escalating arrests by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and the collaboration of local jails and police departments (Prison Policy Initiative, 2025).
Authors
- Quinn Lester (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1974-116X)
- Nazlı Konya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3795-6909)
- Anna Terwiel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3827-0650)
- Sarah Tyson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4632-6957)
- Andrew Dilts
- Elizabeth Jordie Davies (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9559-6841)
- Victoria Scott
Institutions
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- Colby College (US)
- Loyola Marymount University (US)
- University College at Rockland (US)
- Hartford Financial Services (United States)
- Trinity College (US)
- University of Colorado Denver (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Contemporary Political Theory
- Published
- 2026-02-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1057/s41296-026-00795-y
- Primary Topic
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00