Want to learn more about prison abolition? Looking to explore the role of information in the prison industrial complex? Excited to discuss ways we can collectively offer resources to address violence caused by mass incarceration? Join us! The Prison Library Support Network is collaborating with METRO to host PLSN Presents: Abolitionist Futures Series, which will meet quarterly on the second Monday of the month in the evening.
Through this quarterly series, we collectively explore the possibilities of new worlds and build the synergies and solidarities necessary for its fruition. The series aligns synergistically with PLSN’s broader aspirations to forge networks of solidarity and uplift awareness of critical issues that continue to define our times. Collective education and dialogue is central to our goal to end prisons and build a world where everyone has the resources and opportunities they need to thrive.
Please join us on Monday, March 9, 2026 for a special evening with Freedom & Captivity, a collaborative, grassroots initiative to envision and promote restorative responses to harm, investments in community well-being, and safe, supported pathways to decarceration.
Based in Maine, Freedom & Captivity’s work includes story-telling, creative expression, research, policy analysis, advocacy, and community building. Their projects have included a lecture series, podcasts, a radio talk show, theatrical productions, film, arts exhibitions, documentary project, and curriculum.
Their recent film, It’s Hard to Talk About: Stories of Incarceration in Maine, features five justice-impacted storytellers performing narratives from individuals who are currently or formerly incarcerated, as well as their friends and family, and other people affected by and working in and around the criminal legal system. The project is inspired by the Freedom & Captivity Digital Archive, a collaborative effort started in 2024 with the Maine Historical Society. This is the first archival space in Maine to hold stories about incarceration, curated and sensitively contextualized by those most impacted by incarceration.
Upcoming series content as well as past years of materials can be found in this doc.