System Failures or Intended Outcomes: Journalist, Lawyer, and Justice Advocate Share Their Thoughts
CR’s Abolishing Policing Resources are shared in this interview. Read Interview here…
CR in the News
In building strong campaigns and projects to abolish the prison industrial complex, Critical Resistance organizers often pressure and mobilize mainstream media to cover the struggle. Often, Critical Resistance is also contacted by the Press to give statements and offer our expertise on different issues surfacing in the News concerning the prison industrial complex and abolition.
Check out how Critical Resistance has been making News in the articles and links below.
If you are a member of the Press, refer to our For the Press Page here.
Meyer Memorial Trust Pledges $25 Million for Black Organizations
The Meyer Memorial Trust has awarded nearly $1.3 million to 11 Black-led and Black-serving organizations, citing the urgent need to proclaim that Black lives matter. It was the inaugural round…
What Is Abolition, And Why Do We Need It?
In the midst of nationwide uprisings against ongoing police murders of Black people, a new set of demands has been thrust into public consciousness: Defund and abolish the police, and invest in…
Maria Lugones, feminist philosopher who studied colonialism’s legacy, dies at 76
María Lugones, presente! A feminist philosopher who combined influential scholarship on gender, race and the legacy of colonialism with decades of work as a social activist in Latin America and…
As Black Lives Matter Protests Mounted, Federal Prisons Went on Lockdown—and Their Staffs Were Deployed to the Streets
On June 2, for the first time in 25 years, the Bureau of Prisons directed all federal jails and prisons to implement a full lockdown, confining nearly 160,000 people to…
Combating Anti-Black Racism in Brazil and Beyond
An interview with anthropologist Christen A. Smith refers to Critical Resistance, provides insights into resisting police violence and creating safe societies for people of African descent. Read the Interview here…
Elizabeth Detention Center Property Owner Announces Plans to Cut Ties with For-Profit Detention Company CoreCivic
NEW JERSEY — After months of action by immigrant rights organizers, the Elberon Development Group has decided to cut ties with their tenant, CoreCivic and their property, the Elizabeth Detention…
How Prison Abolitionist Are Meeting the Moment
Two arguments now entering the mainstream—that incarceration is an urgent public health crisis and that policing takes needed resources from communities—have long been argued by abolitionist organizers. “Abolition is about fighting…
Let’s close the Thunder Bay jail and build a better society
CR’s definition of the prison industrial complex is referred to in this article on organizing in Ontario, Canada to close Thunder Bay jail. Read Article Here…