Orfalea Center Thematic Research Cluster

Structural Violence, Police/Prison Abolition, and Decoloniality



Resources and Organizations

 

  • GLOBAL

 

Deadly Exchange:

https://deadlyexchange.org/

Global Prisons Research Network:

https://sites.google.com/site/gprnnetwork/home/about

Contact: https://sites.google.com/site/gprnnetwork/home/contact

Missing Migrants Project (Global): 

http://missingmigrants.iom.int

Security Assistance Monitor: 

https://securityassistance.org/

https://www.facebook.com/SAMonitor/

 

  • MENA/EU

 

MENA Prison Forum (MENA): 

https://www.facebook.com/menaprisonforum/?ref=page_internal

https://www.menaprisonforum.org/

Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (Egypt): 

EIPR.org

https://eipr.org/en

Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (Egypt):

https://afteegypt.org/en

https://www.facebook.com/afteegypt.org

Against the Death Penalty (Egypt):

https://www.facebook.com/Egcadp

Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (Egypt): 

https://www.ec-rf.net/

https://www.facebook.com/ecrf.net/?ref=page_internal

Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (Egypt): 

https://cihrs.org/?lang=en

https://www.facebook.com/CIHRS/

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (Egypt): 

https://www.anhri.info/?lang=en

https://www.facebook.com/AnhriHr/

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network (Palestine): 

https://samidoun.net

https://www.facebook.com/SamidounPrisonerSolidarity

Al-Dameer Association for Human Rights (Palestine):

https://www.aldameer.org/en

Al-Haq (Palestine): 

http://www.alhaq.org/

Adalah (Palestine):

https://www.adalah.org

https://www.facebook.com/AdalahEnglish 

Youth Against Settlements (Palestine): 

https://www.facebook.com/media.yas/

Combatants for Peace (Palestine): 

http://cfpeace.org/

https://www.facebook.com/c4peace

The Association of Detainees and the Missing in Sednaya Prison (Syria):

https://admsp.org/

https://www.facebook.com/SaydnayaPrison/?ref=page_internal

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (Syria): 

https://www.syriahr.com/en/

https://www.facebook.com/syriahroe

The Syria Campaign (Syria): 

https://www.facebook.com/TheSyriaCampaign

http://www.thesyriacampaign.org/

The Coalition of Dignity and Freedom for Detainees and the Disappeared (Syria)

https://www.facebook.com/said.syria1994/?ref=page_internal

Families for Freedom (Syria):

https://syrianfamilies.org/en/

https://www.facebook.com/SyrianFamilies

Caesar Families Association (Syria):

https://www.caesarfamilies.org/

https://www.facebook.com/رابطة-عائلات-قيصر-2047862178864123

This is Lebanon (for migrant domestic workers):

https://thisislebanon.info/

https://www.facebook.com/ThisIsLebanon961/

Justice Defenders – formerly African Prisons Project (UK based: Sudan, Gambia, Uganda, Kenya): 

https://www.justice-defenders.org/

https://www.facebook.com/JusticeDefenders/?ref=page_internal

The Migrants’ Files (EUl):

http://www.themigrantsfiles.com

Al-Jumhuriya:

https://www.aljumhuriya.net/en

Madamasr: 

https://madamasr.com/en

 

  • LATIN AMERICA

 

Movimiento Por Nuestros Desaparecidos en México (includes list of collectives in Mexico and Central America): 

https://movndmx.org

https://www.facebook.com/movNDmx

Serapaz (Mexico):

https://serapaz.org.mx

https://www.facebook.com/SerapazMexico/?ref=page_internal

Centro Prodh (Mexico):

https://centroprodh.org.mx

https://www.facebook.com/prodh/?ref=page_internal

Equis: Justicia para las Muejeres (Mexico):

https://equis.org.mx/

https://www.facebook.com/EquisJusticia/

Comición Mexicána de Defensa y Promición de Derechos Humanos (Mexico):  

http://www.cmdpdh.org/

https://www.facebook.com/cmdpdh

Centro por la Justicia y el Derecho Internacional:

https://www.cejil.org/en/cejils-offices-0

InSight Crime:

https://www.insightcrime.org/

North American Congress on Latin America:

http://nacla.org/

https://www.facebook.com/nacla/

Rebelión:

https://rebelion.org/

https://www.facebook.com/rebelion.mediodecomunicacion/

América Latina en movimiento:

https://www.alainet.org/en

https://www.facebook.com/America.Latina.en.Movimiento/

Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales:

https://www.clacso.org/

 

  • LOCAL

 

Abolition Journal:

https://abolitionjournal.org/

https://www.facebook.com/AbolitionJournal/

An Indigineous Abolitionist Study Guide:

https://yellowheadinstitute.org/2020/08/10/an-indigenous-abolitionist-study-group-guide/

California Prison Focus:

http://newest.prisons.org/

https://www.facebook.com/californiaprisonfocus/

Center for Jewish Nonviolence:

https://cjnv.org/

https://www.facebook.com/CenterForJewishNonviolence/

California Prison Resources:

https://www.hrw.org/news/2010/07/07/california-prison-resources

Cops Off Campus Research Collective:

https://abolition.university/cops-off-campus-research-project/

Critical Resistance: 

http://criticalresistance.org/

https://www.facebook.com/critical.resistance/

Direct Action Zine:

https://directactionzine.communityjusticeexchange.org/

Stop LAPD Spying Coalition:

https://stoplapdspying.org/

https://www.facebook.com/stoplapdspying/

Strike University: 

https://strikeuniversity.org/

Washington Office on Latin America:

https://www.wola.org/

https://www.facebook.com/WOLA.org/

Youth Justice Coalition:

http://youthjusticela.org/

https://www.facebook.com/YouthJusticeLA

UC Cops Off Campus:

https://www.facebook.com/UCFTP/

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andrew_johnson
andrew_johnson
Andrew Johnson is finishing a PhD in Political Science at the University of California Santa Barbara. His major field is in Political Theory and secondary fields are in International Relations and American Politics. He has an emphasis in Global Studies and has taught for the Black Studies and Sociology departments. Andrew has an MA in Philosophy from Louisiana State University and a BA in Philosophy from the University of Maine. His dissertation explores the historical formation and development of police institutions and the importance of these histories for the police abolition movement.
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