In 2023, Critical Resistance’s editorial collective for The Abolitionist Newspaper began an exciting collaboration with the Beyond Prisons Podcast to do a regular podcast show for each issue of The…
Out of our Portland chapter, CR is part of the Oregon Prisoner Coalition, a statewide coalition advocating for imprisoned people and organizing against imprisonment in Oregon. Currently CR is collaborating…
Critical Resistance New York City (CRNYC)‘s Prisoner Mail Program corresponds with thousands of prisoners across the East Coast. In addition to exchanging thoughts and discussion about prison industrial complex (PIC)…
As part of the Abolish ICE New York New Jersey Coalition, Critical Resistance New York City (CRNYC) is working on passing the Dignity Not Detention Act to end the imprisonment…
Prison closure is on our horizon. As part of Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB)’s Prison Closure Workgroup, we are demanding the state start by closing 10 prisons in…
Freedom Fridays is a monthly socially-distanced community event series at 4400 Telegraph Ave (in the back lot on 44th) where we put prison industrial complex (PIC) abolition into practice through…
No New Jails NYC formed in September 2018, shortly after New York City Mayor de Blasio launched the formal approval process for his jail expansion plan to build and renovate…
After stopping construction of a replacement jail in 2015 and ensuring that the City and County of San Francisco prioritized reducing the jail population, the No New SF Jail coalition…
Since California initiated new streams of financing for county jail construction in 2009, Critical Resistance Los Angeles (CRLA) has been successfully fighting jail expansion in LA County for over a…
CR Los Angeles (CRLA) & A New Way of Life: The Leadership, Education, Action & Dialogue (LEAD) Project— A radical political education, leadership development and re-entry program for women coming…