Causes & issues
Young Women's Freedom Center
- purpose: to provide fiscal sponsorship, operational support, coaching, and training to projects that center systems-impacted women, girls, and trans people of all genders with the primary purpose to inspire and empower young women who have been involved in the juvenile justice system, criminal justice system, and/or the underground street economy to create a positive change in their lives and communities
- more info: Charity Navigator
Essie Justice Group
- purpose: to harness the collective power of women with incarcerated loved ones to end mass incarceration's harm to women and communities
- more info: Charity Navigator, Giving Compass
Voice of the Experienced
- purpose: dedicated to restoring the full human and civil rights of those most impacted by the criminal (in)justice system
- more info: Charity Navigator
Voices for a Second Chance
- purpose: to provide the support and services that men and women who have been incarcerated need to rebuild their lives
- more info: Spur Local
Freedom Education Project Puget Sound
- purpose: provides an accredited college program for incarcerated women, trans-identified and gender nonconforming people in Washington and creates pathways to higher education after students are released from prison
- more info: Charity Navigator
Abolitionist Law Center
- purpose: a public interest law firm and community organizing project that challenges the criminal punishment system in Pennsylvania
- more info: Charity Navigator, Giving Compass
Innocence Project of Texas
- purpose: dedicated to correcting past injustices, preventing future wrongful convictions, and giving hope to people who feel that they are out of options
- more info: Charity Navigator
Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison
- purpose: provides college education, life skills, and reentry support to currently and formerly incarcerated people so they can make a positive impact on their own lives, their families, and communities, resulting in lower rates of recidivism and higher rates of employment, community regeneration, cohesiveness, and reciprocity
- more info: Charity Navigator
Prisoners' Legal Services of New York
- purpose: to provide high quality, effective legal representation and assistance to indigent prisoners, help them to secure their civil and human rights and advocate for more humane prisons and for a more humane criminal justice system
- more info: Charity Navigator
Freedom Project
- purpose: works alongside the community to dismantle systems of oppression and heal from the traumatic effects on people who are targeted and impacted by incarceration, on their loved ones, and on our community
- more info: Charity Navigator
Children of Prisoners Europe
- purpose: to safeguard the social, political and judicial inclusion of children with an imprisoned parent, while fostering the pursuit and exchange of knowledge which enhances good practices, and contributes to a better understanding of the psychological, emotional and social development of these children
- more info: GlobalGiving, Wikipedia
Music on the Inside
- purpose: connects youth and adults impacted by incarceration with professional musicians as teachers and mentors to bring hope and healing through the transformative power of music
- more info: Giving Compass
Storycatchers Theatre
- purpose: guides young people to transform their traumatic experiences into powerful musical theatre, inspiring them to develop the courage and vision to become leaders and mentors
- more info: Charity Navigator
Bail for Immigration Detainees
- purpose: provide free legal advice, information and representation to thousands of people held in detention across the UK
- more info: Fundraising Regulator
Prison Book Program
- purpose: to support people in prison by sending them free books and reading materials that meet their specific needs and interests
- more info: Charity Navigator
Families and Friends of Louisiana's Incarcerated Children
- purpose: to create a better life for all of Louisiana’s youth, especially those involved in or targeted by the juvenile justice system
- more info: Charity Navigator
Prison Scholar Fund
- purpose: committed to providing educational opportunities, professional development, transitional support, and advocacy for those impacted by incarceration
- more info: Charity Navigator
Prison Policy Initiative
- purpose: produces cutting edge research to expose the broader harm of mass criminalization, and then sparks advocacy campaigns to create a more just society
- more info: Charity Navigator, Wikipedia
Innocence Project New Orleans
- purpose: frees innocent people sentenced to life in prison and those serving unjust sentences
- more info: Charity Navigator
Oregon Innocence Project
- purpose: to exonerate the wrongfully convicted, train law students, and promote legal reforms aimed at preventing wrongful convictions
- more info: Charity Navigator
Amistad Law Project
- purpose: organizing to end mass incarceration in Pennsylvania
- more info: Charity Navigator
Undikumbukire Project Zambia
- purpose: to support children in conflict with the law through legal representation, social support, and advocacy to achieve restorative justice in Zambia
- more info: GlobalGiving
AdvocAid
- purpose: works with girls and women caught up in Sierra Leone’s unjust legal system
- more info: GlobalGiving
Innocence Project of Florida
- purpose: to find and free the innocent in Florida prisons, help exonerees transition back into a changed society, and work to reform the criminal justice system
- more info: Charity Navigator
Black Immigrants Bail Fund
- purpose: provides free assistance and relief to black immigrants in pursuit of Liberation and Justice
- more info: Charity Navigator, Haitian Bridge Alliance
Pennsylvania Prison Society
- purpose: to protect the health, safety, and dignity of all incarcerated people
- more info: Charity Navigator