Oregon Prisoner Coalition
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…
CRNYC Prisoner Mail Program
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)…
Dignity Not Detention
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…
Close CA Prisons
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: Building People Power in North Oakland
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
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…
No New SF Jail Coalition: Close 850 Bryant!
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…
LA No More Jails & Justice LA
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…
LEAD Project
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…
La Casita Project
For years, Critical Resistance New York City and women from the La Casita program did radical political education together, tended to a community garden space in the Bronx, and, with…