Adopting a dual power approach, in which we simultaneously work against the carceral state and outside/without it, opens up space for the kind of organizing and experimentation we need to create safer communities. It frees us from a false sense of urgency created by demands that we produce “evidence-based” “alternatives” with “proven track records” that can be implemented immediately as a precondition to any divestment from current systems of policing and punishment.
