Tag: restorative justice

How Star Trek struggles to boldly go beyond the prison system, and four times it tried

Danika Drury • April 26, 2022

Kirk having his mind wiped in Dagger of the Mind

For a show that presents such an optimistic vision of the future, there sure are a lot of penal colonies in Star Trek. Abolitionist Ruth Wilson Gilmore describes prisons as a “spatial solution to socio-economic problems” – that is, rather…

Stoplight Delight • January 28, 2021

In TNG’s “The First Duty,” Captain Picard makes an impassioned speech to a struggling Wesley Crusher, emphasizing the fundamental importance of truth. After a teammate’s accidental death, Wesley and the three other surviving Nova Squadron pilots conceal the squad’s attempt…