Note: We welcome suggestions for groups and resources
Prison/Detention Abolitionist Organizing:
Houston Abolitionist Collective
Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee
International Conference on Penal Abolition (Europe)
Organizing for Trans and GNC prisoners
For Incarcerated Writers/Artists:
The Abolitionist Newspaper by Critical Resistance
Prisoner Support/Family Support:
Conditions: Texas Prisons Community Advocates (TPCA)
Bail Fund (DFW): Luke 4:18 Bail Fund
Pen pals: Abolition Apostles Texas Chapter
Support with Conditions and pen pals (LGBTQ): Trans Pride Initiative (DFW)
LGBTQ Pen pals: Black and Pink
Research by mail requests: Prison Library Support Network
Harm Reduction supplies: Street Value HTX
Order Narcan (to reverse opiate overdoses): Morenarcanplease.com
Longer resource list: https://www.prisonactivist.org/resources
Legal and Reform Groups:
National Lawyer’s Guild: https://www.nlg.org/resources/
Equal Justice Initiative: https://eji.org/
Texas Organizing Project (Bail and Jail Reform): http://organizetexas.org/3786-2/
Immigration Equality (LGBTQ): https://www.immigrationequality.org/
Sylvia Rivera Law Project(LGBTQ) : SRLP.org
Decarcerate PA (Decarceration Organizing Model):https://decarceratepa.info/
Trans Equality/Trans Legal Resources: https://transequality.org/issues/police-jails-prisons
Addressing Violence and Healing:
Transform Harm: www.transformharm.org
Common Justice: https://www.commonjustice.org/
Texas After Violence Project: https://texasafterviolence.org/
Generation 5 (Ending Sexual Abuse): http://www.generationfive.org/
Books to Texas Prisoners:
Free books to people in TDCJ: Inside Books Project
Friends of AK Press: $15/mo New Books Subscription
Mississippi-based (curriculum provided for study): Study and Struggle
Illinois based: Noname Book Club
Media:
Podcast: Rustbelt Abolition Radio
Podcast on prison issues: CONversations
News site: Truthout
Criminal Justice System news: The Marshall Project
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