Prison Abolition

Building an international movement to abolish the prison industrial complex through grassroots organizing, coalition building, political education, and direct action. Their work includes prisoner solidarity programs, The Abolitionist newspaper, fighting imprisonment, resisting policing, and developing alternatives to punishment and control.

Organization working to abolish capital punishment through advocacy, education, and grassroots organizing. Building mutual aid networks to support death row prisoners and their families while advancing policy changes and public awareness campaigns for alternatives to the death penalty.

Independent watchdog organization shining light into the darkest corners of the U.S. punishment system through investigative journalism, advocacy, and solidarity with incarcerated people. Their work includes exposing human rights violations in solitary confinement, amplifying voices from solitary, and building public awareness to end this form of torture.

Organizes against prisons that expose incarcerated people and nearby communities to environmental hazards. It is currently fighting the planned federal prison in Letcher County, Kentucky.

A publishing project based in New York and Texas that prints and posts writing and art by incarcerated people, distributed to prisoners in print and online.

Sister Helen Prejean's ministry working to end the death penalty in the US through education, speaking and advocacy.

Challenging mass incarceration & criminalization through research, advocacy, and organizing.

Campaign started in 2016 by Revolve Impact, based in Los Angeles. It uses music, art and a podcast to push for shifting public spending from prisons to schools and youth.

Campaign run by America On Trial Inc. in New York against reality TV shows that profit from incarcerated people. It won A&E's cancellation of '60 Days In' and now targets AMC's 'Love After Lockup'.

National campaign led by Worth Rises to remove the 13th Amendment clause that allows slavery and forced labor as punishment for a crime.

National nonprofit that pays bail for people who can't afford it and provides court reminders and support, in select cities across the US. Also advocates for pretrial reform.

National association of progressive lawyers, legal workers and law students. Provides legal observers and legal support for protests and movements, with local chapters across the US.

Nonprofit legal organization that works to free people who were wrongfully convicted, using DNA and other evidence, and pushes for reforms to prevent wrongful convictions.