Surviving Solitary Guide
A guide for imprisoned people to survive solitary confinement. Created by Critical Resistance members and friends, inspired by Issue 40 of The Abolitionist Newspaper on control units (printed December 2023).…
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Cultural Awareness Groups: A Form of Prisoner-Led Resistance
For years, Washington prisoners have used Cultural Awareness Groups (CAGs) as spaces for collective growth, liberation, healing practices, and inside-out organizing with local partners. The below zine was created to…
Seeking Employment When Formerly Imprisoned: Myth Busting & Tips for the Job Hunt (Feature Resource of Issue 38 of The Abolitionist Newspaper)
By Rehana Lerandeau and CR’s The Abolitionist Editorial Collective The following resource was created for Issue 38 of CR’s The Abolitionist newspaper, featuring articles and interviews on labor struggles and…
Beyond Criminal Courts
In 2022, Critical Resistance, Interrupting Criminalization and Community Justice Exchange created a new toolkit and online resource hub for resisting criminalization through courts and the court system. The “Beyond Criminal…
So is this actually an abolitionist strategy or proposal? Resource Binder
Collected by Interrupting Criminalization, Project Nia & Critical Resistance. Assembled for the Summer 2022 Allied Media Conference. The cover artwork was created by Micah Bazant, with binder design by Beck…
Transgender People & Law Enforcement Interactions by Transgender Law Center
A toolkit by the Transgender Law Center on rights of transgender people and tips for interacting with police. LE Interactions- Rights and Realities FINALDownload…
What is the Creative Interventions Toolkit? Beyond Prisons Episode featuring Mimi Kim & Rachel Herzing
Listen to this episode of Beyond Prisons podcast with Rachel Herzing and Mimi Kim discussing their work through Creative Interventions and the making of Creative Interventions Toolkit: An Invitation &…
Defund Policing Website
In 2020, Critical Resistance worked with Community Resource Hub, Movement for Black Lives, Interrupting Criminalization, Freedom Labs (PolicyLink, BYP100, Center for Popular Democracy, and Law for Black Lives), Database for Police Abolition, ACRE, Advancement Project, Alliance for Educational Justice, and Black…
Our Communities, Our Solutions: An Organizer’s Toolkit for Developing Campaigns to Abolish Policing
How do we abolish policing? As demands to defund the police become more and more popular, how do we ensure these calls further on-the-ground work toward a vision of prison…
Transformative Justice: A Curriculum Guide by Project Nia
A curriculum designed to raise public awareness about transformative justice and to think critically about the prison industrial complex. Includes overview documents and activities with facilitation guides. Project Nia TJ…