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.
In mid-August 2023, columnist of The Abolitionist newspaper and imprisoned abolitionist writer and educator, Stevie Wilson, was targeted for his work and politics and thrown into solitary confinement for five…
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…
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…
Name of Creator
“From Sunday until this morning (Thursday), we were on lockdown. Due to an uptick in COVID19 cases among staff and prisoners, the prison went through a “deep cleaning” period. What…
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…
People’s Victory! A broad and vibrant effort by New Yorkers defeated Governor Cuomo’s plans to reduce visiting hours at New York’s maximum security prisons. Artwork by Innosanto Nagara for MamasDay.org…