We can donate our money and time towards national, state-based, and local organizations doing critical prison reform work. If you can’t financially support these organizations, you can get involved by leading life skills workshops in prisons, doing administrative tasks for reform organizations, transcribing prison radio shows, participating in an inside-out program, writing letters to currently incarcerated people, and volunteering at halfway houses. I’ve compiled a list of national and state-specific prison reform organizations. This list will continue to be added to and is by no means comprehensive.

National

American Civil Liberties Union

Council on Criminal Justice

Equal Justice Initiative

Innocence Project

National Criminal Justice Association

National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform

Prison Policy Initiative

Sentencing Project

The Marshall Project

State