Drawing on Angela Davis’s abolitionist framework, this article critiques the prison-industrial complex as a system rooted in racism and structural violence. It proposes a two-part solution: addressing pre-crime social inequalities and adopting restorative justice. Emphasising mutual obligations between offenders and communities, it advocates alternatives to punitive incarceration to achieve genuine accountability and long-term societal reintegration.

The industry is corrupt on so many levels. The war and the vulnerability it poses due to a shortage of resources are life-threatening. Resource conflicts pose an ego boost and lead to the exploitation of marginalised groups, and alienate them from their basic freedom. To gain control, often governments and rebel groups go against each other at the expense of poor labourers who came on board just to earn an economic opportunity, but end up tied in the hands of slavery.