Not to bither you, but do you have any scholarly sources on the case for prison abolition? I'm trying to do more research

yes, I have a few that come to mind (this is definitely not an exhaustive list, just a couple things I can think of off the top of my head)

others can feel free to reblog with more sources

first of all, I know its simple but I recommend you checking out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison_abolition_movement, and in particular take a look at the references section for scholarly sources

there is of course the cornerstone text, Are Prisons Obsolete by Angela Davis, as well as several other recent books and edited collections by Davis, including Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture  

there is the frequently discussed and widely read The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

I don’t know if this fits here or not, but I frequently see people in the movement cite it: Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison by Michel Foucault

there are quite recent books and collections being published by new waves of activists and scholars working with the movement as well, including: Understanding Mass Incarceration: A People’s Guide to the Key Civil Rights Struggle of Our Time by James Kilgore; Abolition Now!: Ten Years of Strategy and Struggle Against the Prison Industrial Complex by the CR10 Publications Collective; Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn’t Work and How We Can Do Better by Maya Schenwar; and Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect?: Police Violence and Resistance in the United States edited by Truthout

there’s also a great deal to be learned from the longer history of the movement of prisoners, political or otherwise, to resist and organize. Recent history books, reprinted classics, and primary document readers include: 1976′s Instead Of Prisons: A Handbook For Abolitionists; Let Freedom Ring: A Collection of Documents from the Movements to Free U.S. Political Prisoners edited by PM Press; and histories like Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women by Victoria Law, and both The Struggle Within: Prisons, Political Prisoners, and Mass Movements in the United States and Captive Nation: Black Prison Organizing in the Civil Rights Era, each by Dan Berger

these are all links to the books on Amazon, where you can preview a few pages from most of them. I also chose to link there because on Amazon there is the added benefit of related books appearing toward the bottom of the page, where you can preview dozens more publications on the topics of prison abolition, mass incarceration, and prisoner resistance

I also heavily suggest looking into the autobiographies and publications of current and former political prisoners, like those of Angela Davis, Assata Shakur, Mumia abu-Jamal, Leonard Peltier, George Jackson, and countless Black Panthers and other radicals thrown behind bars since the 1960s (where many of them remain today)

Hope that helps, and as I said before, other people can feel free to add resources to this list