About Us

PARC is a prison abolitionist group committed to exposing and challenging all forms of institutionalized racism, sexism, able-ism, heterosexism, and classism, specifically within the Prison Industrial Complex (PIC). PARC believes in building strategies and tactics that build safety in our communities without reliance on the police or the PIC. We produce a directory that is free to prisoners upon request, and seek to work in solidarity with prisoners, ex-prisoners, their friends and families. We also work with teachers and activists on many prison issues. This work includes building action networks and materials that expose the continuing neglect and outright torture of more than 2 million people imprisoned within the USA; as well as the 5+ million who are under some form of surveillance and control by the so-called justice system. 

2009 directory and STAMP DRIVE

We have published the 2009 Prisoner Support Directory!

Please download below and distribute widely!

Now that we have published our new directory, we are starting a STAMP DRIVE so that we can send out our directory to everybody who has requested one in the last few months. It cost 59 cents in stamps to send a single directory to a prisoner...So with a small donation of only $5, you will be making it possibly for us to send 8 prisoners a Prisoner Support Directory.

Please consider donating to our stamp drive using the button to the right. Every little bit counts!

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Recent Alerts

  • SF8 HERMAN BELL PLEADS TO REDUCED CHARGE

    Herman Bell was
    supported by a courtroom of supporters June 30 as he entered a plea in
    the SF 8 case. After legal formalities he left the courtroom raising a
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  • INTERNATIONAL FINE ART COMPETITION 2009


    In conjunction with the Berlin Art Gallery “Magnificat” and the “Institute for Social Strategy” the Association “Art and Prison” announces an international fine art competition whose main focus is to draw attention to the treatment of minorities.
     
    In accordance with its primary objective, “Art and Prison” focuses mainly on persons who are forced to live in prisons. However, it also desires to enlist the support of artists who, through their art, have contributed to understanding the concrete situation of those people whose human dignity is not respected.
     

  • Critical Resistance to open legal clinic in New Orleans

    On June 27th, CR's first legal clinic is opening its doors in New Orleans. The clinic will begin with a focus on helping former prisoners expunge their records, and file police complaint forms.

    As CR gets going, we're also planning Community Legal Institutes to further discuss and share strategies for navigating the legal system in a way that helps keep ourselves and our neighbors safe, that prevents harm from happening in the first place, and moves us all towards abolition.

    The Clinic is going to be open 1 Saturday/month, and they need volunteers! We are looking for dedicated community advocates we can train to staff the clinic.

    If you're interested in helping, please get in touch with Mayaba Liebenthal:

    mayaba@criticalresistance.org, or
    504-304-3784

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