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It is difficult when we start thinking not of buildings, but of inmates. A serious answer to the question needs some reflection and - above all - differentiation. As a matter of fact, to find out what can and should be done about today’s prison population (and their future equivalents) might require that we first take a step back, calm down, and think about - what it does not mean to abolish prisons.  

First and foremost, to abolish prisons does not mean to abolish all kinds of involuntary confinement.

That might sound strange at first, but it becomes less so when we realize that “imprisonment” and “involuntary confinement” are not synonymous. As a matter of fact, “imprisonment” is only one (albeit outstanding) example of procedures, contexts, and institutions which restrict people’s freedom of movement against their will.