by Diverses organisations anarchistes
International Statement for the liberation of the political prisoners, arrested during the 2019 social revolt in Chile by Various anarchist organisations
The prison does not prevent anti-social acts from taking place. It increases their numbers. It does not improve those who enter its walls. However it is reformed it will always remain a place of restraint, an artificial environment, like a monastery, which will make the prisoner less and less fit for life in the community. It does not achieve its end. It degrades society. It must disappear (Prisons and Their Moral Influence on Prisoners, Peter Kropotkin, Kropotkin s Revolutionary Pamphlets. Roger N. Baldwin, editor. Vanguard Press, Inc. 1927)