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On Wednesday, May 11, 2022, dozens of Californians rallied outside the CA State Capitol Building for the Governor’s revised state budget to demand more closures to California’s prisons.
… 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. 
CA Prison Closure on the Horizon: Sacramento action pushes Newsom to budget for shuttering three more prisons!
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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…
The Prisoner Solidarity Phone Lines are a volunteer-run initiative by Critical Resistance (CR) to build connections and support abolitionist organizing with imprisoned comrades. Our goal is to create political relationships…
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…