Feedback on Previous timetables¶

• There are no breaks – breaks are really important to help people learn/recover/re-charge from lots of information, and also for relationship building/networking
• There are lots of talks with lots of information, but we really need space for discussions about tactics and next steps, I’ve tried to integrate these into each session
• Most speakers are actually more informative when they have less time to talk – most people can generally listen for about 20mins tops before switching off
• The below is obviously a draft/totally open to full re-design/rejection!

Overview¶

Each Session:

• Speakers have 20-30mins max focusing on their area (who, what, where, when, why, how)
• Reflect on critical questions: What have we learnt from our organising? What support do we need? What are our short and long term goals?
• Session 4 detailed go-round, who is here, input on questions feedback from groups
• Session 7 totally facilitated/no speakers

Saturday¶

10 – 10.30 Registrations
10.30 – 11 Introduction (5mins), Safer Spaces agreement (5mins), Brief Go round (20mins)
11 – 12.30 Session 1 – Growth of the P.I.C & Intro to Prison Abolition
12.30 – 1.30 Lunch
1.30 – 3 Session 2 – Policing & Community Self Defense
3 – 3.30 Break
3.30 – 5 Session 3 – Countering Injustice
5 – 6 Session 4 Plenary
Dinner

Sunday

10 – 11.30 Session 5 – Gender and Incarceration
11.30 – 12 Break
12 – 1 Session 6 – Borders as tools of incarceration
1 – 2 Lunch
2 – 4 Session 7 – Towards a national network against Prisons, strategies and tactics

Detailed Overview¶

Saturday¶

10 – 10.30 Registrations

• Welcomes/late arrivals
• Share safer spaces agreement with folks

10.30 – 11 Introduction

• Brief welcome to conference, health & safety stuff etc
• Re-cap safer spaces agreement
• Brief go-round of names, where you’re from, if connected to a group

11 – 12.30 Session 1 – Growth of the P.I.C & Intro to Prison Abolition

• Empty Cages Collective – Map out current P.I.C, intro to white paper, plans for near future, prison expansion latest (20 mins)
• No Prisons Manchester – talk about expansion and how we’ve fought the expansion (20mins)
• IWOC – prison labour – about the strikes in US, plans for UK, prison labour plans in white paper (20mins)
• Bent Bars (Sarah Lamble) – prison abolition – 30mins

12.30 – 1.30 Lunch

1.30 – 3 Session 2 – Policing & Community Self Defense

• Black Lives Matter MCR – policing and counterstrategies – 30mins
• World Without Police – talk 30mins & then hold space for remainder of session, speak with BLM about how to design workshop for participation

3 – 3.30 Break

3.30 – 5 Session 3 – Countering Injustice

• JENGBA – jengba as a campaign, joint enterprise – 20 mins
• Paddy Hill from Miscarriage of Justice – 20mins
• Smash IPP – 20mins
• Remaining 30 minutes: Q&As, group facilitation about how to better support these campaigns, practical announcements about days of action etc

5 – 5.15 Mini break

5.15 – 6 Session 4 Plenary

• Go-round in room: detailed go-round, who is here, input on questions feedback from groups sent in advance, key things we’d like to discuss on Sunday (post it notes?)

Dinner

Sunday¶

10 – 11.30 Session 5 – Gender and Incarceration

• Sisters Uncut – DV and the carceral system (30mins)
• Action for Trans Health – Trans prisoners (30mins)
• Q&As, group facilitation about how to better support these campaigns etc (30mins)

11.30 – 12 Break

12 – 1 Session 6 – Borders as tools of incarceration

• Movement For Justice – against Yarls Wood and incarceration of migrants (30mins)
• Q&As, group facilitation about how to better support these campaigns etc (30mins)

1 – 2 Lunch

2 – 4 Session 7 – Towards a national network against Prisons, strategies and tactics

• Facilitated next steps session
• Closing of conference and evaluation