Organizations and
People We Like
They were our original inspiration to bring the unheard voices behind bars to you. HONY shares individual stories in order to show similar experiences.
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Named after Ella Baker, a brilliant, black hero of the civil rights movement. Following in her footsteps, they organize with Black, Brown, and low-income people to shift resources away from prisons and punishment, and towards opportunities that make our communities safe, healthy, and strong.
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Advocates for policy reform to reduce the devastating impacts of the criminal justice system on people’s lives and families.
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Understands healthy connected families ensure healing in and out of prison.
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They move decision-makers in corporations and government to create a more human and less hostile world for Black people in America.
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Their mission is to reduce society’s reliance on incarceration as a solution to social problems.
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Actively works to end mass incarceration by activating the power of the people it directly impacts.
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Unites children, families, and communities separated by crime and the criminal justice system.
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Reports on rehabilitative efforts to increase public safety and achieve social justice
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Working to end extreme vulnerability and create a more free, more stable, more safe America.
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Highlights the voices of the men, women and youth behind bars as well as those of their loved ones.
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Promotes work service in the arts, environment, education, and community development. Our major concern has been transformative arts experiences in nontraditional settings, working with prisoners, high-risk youth and parolees.
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Nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that seeks to create and sustain a sense of national urgency about the U.S. criminal justice system.
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A health and human rights organization that seeks to end sexual abuse in all forms of detention.
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A coalition that amplifies the work of community leaders on issues from sentencing reform to conditions of confinement.
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Financial literacy and income annuities guides for formerly incarcerated people to set them up for success.
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Aims to break the silence and address the trauma and emotional needs of system impacted families.
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Focus’ on eradicating white supremacy and building local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes.
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Provides a high school education for adults in county jails, with the goals of reducing recidivism rates and promoting economic self-sufficiency.
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A watchdog group that investigates, documents, and disseminates information on the widespread use of solitary confinement in U.S. prisons and jails.
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Gains to alter society by giving incarcerated people the opportunity to change by giving direction, encouragement and knowledge; the chance to make a positive impact on their life and others.
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A podcast that shares stories verbally, real time of incarcerated people.
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San Quentin Wednesday Night Creative Writing Class producing anthologies of fiction and memoir since 2001.
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Provides services to Alabama’s incarcerated women with an emphasis on enhancing personal growth and strengthening the bonds between inmate mothers and their children.
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The greeting card company for families impacted by incarceration.
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