Voices from Inside
Part of the mission of Critical Resistance is to uplift and amplify the resistance and perspectives of those most targeted by the prison industrial complex (PIC). We regularly integrate this analysis into our projects and campaigns for abolition and towards building alternative community structures of support and accountability. From imprisoned contacts we have gathered (and then publicly shared) guidance, research, analysis, and testimony that has propelled our campaigns forward.
Knowing that we are entering an era of potentially greater political repression, isolation, and silencing of dissent, it is imperative that we do what we can to share even more of the experiences and analysis of imprisoned people speaking out against the prison industrial complex. We will post relevant reports and correspondence to this site as a part of our campaigns, projects, and political education.
Prisons Are Poison by Steve Brooks
Steve Brooks, Ella Baker Center Fellow, San Quentin State Prison Greetings to all brothers, sisters and comrades out there fighting for our freedom and the closure of all CA prisons…
Close CA Prisons by Duane Palm
Duane Palm, recently transferred to High Desert State Prison after working to close down California Correctional Center (CCC) in Susanville Good afternoon! — as we move forward with the work…
We Are Not Property: Public Statement by CA Prisoners at CCC, Amicus Brief Petitioners in the CA Prison Closure Fight
August 23, 2022 Fellow California Residents and Community Members, As reported in an LA Times article on 8/20/22, visiting Lassen County Judge Robert F. Moody’sdecision to reject the amicus brief…
On the Defund Policing & George Floyd Rebellions, June 2020
Asar Amen, imprisoned in CA
“What’s happening in this moment is inspiring. I’ve been so tired of the word ‘reform.’ Things need to change. As James Baldwin said, ‘Do I really want to be integrated…
Voices from Inside SF County Jails
Prisoners in San Francisco Jails
As part of our work to in the No New SF Jail Coalition, Critical Resistance has worked to fight jail expansion and criminalization in the San Francisco Bay Area since…
Abolish! Surveillance and Repression Units
From the Prison Blues Art series by imprisoned artist Larry James DeRossett (write to him at Larry James DeRossett, #635046, California Correction Institution, PO Box 608, Tehachapi, CA 95381). We’ll…