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…
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.
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With Climate Change Intensifying, Can At-Risk Minority Communities Rely on the Police to Keep Them Safe?
Four experts– including CR Oakland chapter member Rehana Lerandeau– discuss the options to prepare for crisis response—defund the police, reform police practices, or look to communities of color to protect…
THERE ARE ABOLITIONISTS ALL AROUND US: Pilar Maschi tells us what it’s like to win.
Liberal reformers in New York City are pushing for skyscraper jails to replace the notorious penal colony on Rikers Island. Supporters of the plan claim these facilities will be humane…
Protesters turn out at hearing for proposed SF jail, force committee to go into recess
Opponents of San Francisco’s new 384-bed jail proposal turned out Wednesday at the Board of Supervisors Budget and Finance Committee meeting, launching a protest inside of City Hall’s board chambers.Chanting…
Governor Jerry Brown’s Proposed Budget: Rapid Response
CR’s submits statement against new state funding for jail construction Read Article here…
Berkeley votes to continue Urban Shield support
BERKELEY — Despite claims by some two dozen speakers that the Urban Shield exercises feed into a growing militarization of police, the City Council voted 5-3 Dec. 15 to approve…
Group seeks alternatives to building new SF jail
CR Oakland members Speaking out for alternatives to the SF jail at the first Work Group meeting. Read Article Here…
Artists Grapple With America’s Prison System
CR member brings PIC abolition to the art world While most of the artists emphasize the positive aspects of bringing attention to mass incarceration, Christine Wang, a young Los Angeles painter…
American prisons: The caging of human rights
CR is mentioned in this interview on American Prisons: The Caging of Human Rights John Cotton Dana Professor of English and American Studies at Rutgers University, Professor Dr. H. Bruce…