>At least in this quote, she isn't talking about abolition of prisons...
In this one she is:
>The work that I've been doing, along with many other people over the
>last I don't know 10-15 years, really focuses on the demand for the
>abolition of the prison. Prison abolition. So many people refer to
>me as being involved in prison reform and I say no, I'm not. I don't
>want to reform the prison; I don't want to make better prisons.
>Although I do want to make conditions better for the 2.2 million
>people in this country who are behind bars. And of course for the
>many people who are in prisons controlled by the US, particularly
>military prisons all around the world. I do want to make conditions
>better for them but I don't want to build better institutions, I
>want us to think about the possibility of getting rid of the prison
>as the major institution of social control in this society.
http://blackademics.org/interview-archive/november-2006-interview-angela-davis/