"Unlike the fantasies woven by politicians and practitioners of prison-like solutions, these [alternatives to prison] projects don't come premade and perfectly packaged, ready to slip in to replace prisons. Instead, they all require a process of ongoing building: a process that's collaborative and doesn't depend on a hierarchal power to put it in place. It can't because, in order to truly move beyond prisons, we need to move beyond relying on all-powerful institutions."