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A smarter approach to prison abolition. In my last commentary I reported on this new coalition of prison abolitionists called No New Jails NYC. They advocate a vision where incarceration is wiped from the American landscape. I wholeheartedly agree with this vision, but I differ in the approach. No New Jails advocates are reported as saying they have no plan to close New York's jails. Well, UFD and I do. What are the two main justifications for prison? The first is crime, and the second is recidivism. There- these are byproducts of white supremacy and classism as reflected in who ends up in prison and who ends up back in prison: poor people and people of color. As I've stated in my last commentary, white supremacy is perpetuated and reinforced by socioeconomic inequalities. So too is classism. Therefore, the best way to get jails and prisons closed down is to keep poor people and people of color out of them. The question was posed to me: what is UFD pushing for concretely? The answer to that is the social econ