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Dobbs Was Not The Beginning: A Guide on Pregnancy Criminalization

DocumentDavid NalaFebruary 10, 2023Criminalization, Pregnancy

A Social Media Toolkit for Organizing and Advocacy to End Mass Criminalization and Incarceration

Community Justice Exchange partnered with Defender Impact Initiative to produce this toolkit for folks working to end mass criminalization and incarceration, who have taken to social media to share the injustices they witness or experience in courtrooms, whether as public defenders, court watching groups, or individual advocates.

Document, ToolkitDavid NalaNovember 20, 2022Criminalization

Abolish Data Criminalization Curriculum Workbook

The Abolish Data Criminalization Curriculum Workbook is an educational tool for organizers committed to learning about and organizing against migrant surveillance and social control. The workbook contains five guided activities with accompanying resources. It operates as a facilitation guide that will engage participants in discussions, personal and collective reflections, study, and more.

Document, CurriculumDavid NalaNovember 19, 2022Social control, Criminalization

Beyond Criminal Courts: Defund and Divest

Beyond Criminal Courts: Defund and Divest is a digital resource hub for organizers, advocates and community members working together to build the organizing-power we need to defund, divest, and ultimately to dismantle criminal courts for good. It is a collaborative project created by Community Justice Exchange and Interrupting Criminalization, with incredible web design and development by Research Action Design, illustrations by Noah Jodice, and Spanish translation by tilde Language Justice Collaborative.

Website, DocumentDavid NalaNovember 15, 2022Criminalization, Community Interventions

Decarceration During COVID-19: A Messaging Toolkit for Campaigns for Mass Release

This document provides some guidance and tools for families, organizers, and advocates who are demanding real decarceration and health equity while pushing back against the false narratives that invoke public health in order to uphold mass criminalization and incarceration during COVID-19.

Document, ToolkitDavid NalaNovember 10, 2022Criminalization, Community Interventions

Ending the Criminalization of Failure-To-Appear: An Organizers’ Guide to Demanding Court Changes in the Time of COVID-19

This document provides guidance for organizers in their fights to end the criminalization of failures-to-appear, as a step towards decarceration and abolition.

DocumentDavid NalaNovember 8, 2022Criminalization, Community Interventions

From Data Criminalization to Prison Abolition

This report and website provide frameworks and tools for organizers who are working to oppose the interlocking systems of incarceration, criminalization, and social control.

Document, Webinar, WebsiteDavid NalaNovember 7, 2022Criminalization, Community Interventions, Social control

Tracked& Trapped: Experiences from Ice Digital Prisons

This report highlights the excruciating toll that ICE electronic monitoring and constant surveillance takes on immigrant communities, underscoring the stories of folks forced to enroll in the program.

DocumentDavid NalaNovember 2, 2022Criminalization, Supervision & Surveillance, Social control