Additional Learning

Interested in diving deeper? Here's a good set of resources to get started.

Beyond Prisons

Beyond Prisons is a podcast that explores incarceration from an abolitionist perspective, amplifying the voices of people directly impacted by the system and telling stories that push us to imagine and work toward a world without prisons.

Terence Crutcher Foundation

This report summarizes findings and shares analysis of the root causes and impacts of mass incarceration and economic privation, especially for Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) in Tulsa. It proposes an initial set of strategies for change and make recommendations to enhance community capacity for safety and economic liberation. The report also includes a growth plan.

Oklahoma Policy Institute

This report reviews the historical context for Oklahoma’s youth justice system, examines contemporary processes and actors within the system, and recommends a series of reforms that can help achieve better outcomes for justice-involved children and their families.

FWD.us

This report is the result of months of qualitative and quantitative research on the effect of five years of reforms, the ongoing drivers of Oklahoma’s stubbornly high incarceration rates, and the personal stories of people who have been impacted by the criminal justice system.