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  • Government agency joined June 13, 2008
    franklin mcpherson square, DC, US
    The Commission is a bipartisan panel created by Congress as part of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003. The Commission is charged with studying federal, state and local government policies and practices related to the prevention, detection, response and monitoring ...
    Last updated August 18, 2009
  • Nonprofit or community organization joined January 26, 2012
    Atlanta, GA, US
    The Open Door Community is a residential community in the Catholic Worker tradition (we're sometimes called a Protestant Catholic Worker House). We seek to dismantle racism, sexism and heterosexism, abolish the death penalty, and proclaim the Beloved Community through l...
    Last updated January 26, 2012
  • Nonprofit or community organization joined April 10, 2012
    Denver, CO, US
    The Insitute for People with Criminal Records " A Consortium of Thinkers Advancing Equal Justice Under Law" Mission: The Institute's mission is to engage diverse stakeholders, including collaboration with the business and law enforcement communities, to advance eq...
    Last updated April 10, 2012
  • Nonprofit or community organization joined March 22, 2009
    Pittsburgh, PA, US
    The Human Rights Coalition--Fed Up! Chapter is a prisoner rights/prison abolition organization dedicated to defending the rights and lives of prisoners, exposing the realities within the prison-industrial complex, while building a movement for social justice and communi...
    Last updated October 1, 2009
  • Nonprofit or community organization joined April 12, 2012
    Brooklyn, NY, US
    Justice for Families (J4F) is a national alliance working to transform families from victims of the prison epidemic to leaders of a movement for fairness and opportunity for all youth. These families are bringing a long ignored voice to the formal justice system convers...
    Last updated April 12, 2012
  • Nonprofit or community organization joined June 23, 2005
    Hartford, CT, US
    The American Friends Service Committee is a non-profit seeking to address global issues while affecting local change through education, community organizing, and non-violent action. The Connecticut office,located in Hartford, specifically creates awareness about alterna...
    Last updated July 1, 2007
  • Her Excellency, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia
    Last updated March 9, 2012
  • Joe
    Dublin, Ireland
    Joe
    Joined May 26, 2005
    I am an experienced radio (Air America, NPR) and television producer as well as a political organizer in the areas of media and electoral reform.
    Last updated November 2, 2010
  • Jenna
    Jacksonville, FL, US
    Joined August 26, 2008
    Attorney working primarily in the field of Ex-Offender and Reentry issues. My focus has been on advocacy for reform, coalition building, and direct services for both reentry and collateral issues.
    Last updated September 9, 2008
  • Business joined August 18, 2005
    New York, NY, US
    SAE & Associates works with local providers and government agencies to develop resources and programs that serve the needs of vulnerable populations across the lifespan, including: the homeless, at-risk youth, substance abusers, the chronically mentally ill, persons liv...
    Last updated May 17, 2010
  • Internship posted by Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop - November 30, 2012
    Washington, DC, US
    Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop: http://www.freemindsbookclub.org/ works to introduce youth who have been charged and incarcerated as adults at the DC Jail to the transformative power of books and creative writing. We are currently seeking a dedicated and enthus...
    Last updated November 30, 2012
  • Nonprofit or community organization joined June 2, 2009
    Houston, TX, US
    A large percentage of inmates come to prison as seasoned entrepreneurs, having run highly successful enterprises such as drug rings and gangs. What if these influential leaders were provided with the training and resources to establish and run legitimate companies? Wi...
    Last updated June 3, 2009
  • Lizzie
    new york, New York, United States
    Joined November 4, 2006
    Last updated September 13, 2010
  • CURB
    Los Angeles, CA, US
    Joined November 29, 2010
    CURB is Californian United for a Responsible Budget - dedicated to shrinking the number of people in California prisons and diverting funds from the prison system to education, health and human services.
    Last updated December 5, 2010
  • desiree
    Brooklyn, NY, US
    Joined March 23, 2003
    I've had successful experience with fundraising, program development and directing, curriculum development. I've done work using creative arts, grassroots community organizing, lobbying models. Cultural heritage and preservation have been incorporated in the work I di...
    Last updated August 25, 2009
  • Nonprofit or community organization joined April 16, 2002
    Cincinnati, OH, US
    OJPC is a non-profit law firm representing people who have been marginalized by the criminal justice system and advocating evidence-based criminal justice reform. We work to improve prison conditions and protect inmates' rights so they have a better chance at improving...
    Last updated December 8, 2010
  • Nonprofit or community organization joined March 13, 2013
    Brooklyn, NY, US
    The Criminal Justice Initiative (CJI) is a cross-class funding circle made up of community organizers and activist donors. Together, circle members fund grassroots activism in order to transform the criminal justice system in the United States.
    Last updated March 14, 2013
  • Nonprofit or community organization joined June 13, 2011
    Cambridge, MA, US
    Between the Bars is a weblog platform for people in prison, through which the 1% of America which is behind bars can tell their stories. Since prisoners are routinely denied access to the Internet, we enable them to blog by scanning letters. We aim to provide a positive...
    Last updated June 13, 2011
  • emily
    Brooklyn, New York, United States
    Joined April 4, 2009
    Last updated November 23, 2010
  • Nonprofit or community organization joined January 30, 2004
    Wilmington, DE, US
    SURJ is a statewide grassroots effort dedicated to reforming Delaware's criminal justice system. The facts show that Delaware's incarceration rate is among the highest in the US (and the US rate towers over that of all other nations). Further, Delaware spends more pe...
    Last updated April 19, 2011