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…
Stevie Wilson, FCI Dallas in Pennsylvania *Statement read at Toward Abolitionist Horizons benefit event for CR on May 5, 2023. First, I would like to say that Critical Resistance celebrating…
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…
The Prison Abolitionist Imagination This reminds me of the power of thought. Once the thought is processed it can be brought into existence. It manifests in the darkness of mind…
June 2017: Critical Resistance is taking up some work this year to highlight the use of state repression as related to the prison industrial complex. In so doing, it is…