Californians statewide are mobilizing to Sacramento on Wednesday, May 11 for the state’s budget revise to demand CA closes prisons and invests in our communities’ health and sustainability, not imprisonment and policing.
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2022 is shaping up to be an exciting year for the Close California Prisons campaign! We wanted to share with you all some campaign updates from our working groups, calls…
Today (August 13, 2021), the CA Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation (CDCR) released a post on Instagram stating the #DixieFire situation at CCC and HDSP is under control, but CCC…
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…
CA Propositions 25 Will Strengthen the Prison Industrial Complex and Harm Our Communities This November, Californians will have the opportunity to vote on Proposition 25, a piece of legislation…
Numerous organizations across our movement to abolish the prison industrial complex have been fighting tirelessly to “Free Them All For Public Health,” as more and more the COVID crisis reveals…
As a political organization working to abolish the prison industrial complex (PIC), Critical Resistance (CR) has had a practice of accepting imprisoned people’s collect calls through our national office in…
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…
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…
Across our four chapters, Critical Resistance members have been leading strong campaigns against imprisonment and policing in 2018. Take a look at our end of year updates below and join…