Prisoner Solidarity
Organizations and resources supporting incarcerated individuals, their families, and communities through mutual aid, advocacy, education, and re-entry assistance.
Re-Entry Support
Building mutual aid networks and support systems for formerly incarcerated people through community organizing, direct assistance, and advocacy for successful reintegration.
National Initiatives
Public interest law firm and grassroots organization fighting for the rights of people in prison through litigation and community organizing.
Grassroots civil and human rights organization building public awareness of structural racism in the criminal legal system while organizing communities impacted by incarceration through legal advocacy, policy work, and the All of Us or None movement.
Legal advocacy organization protecting the constitutional rights of incarcerated people through litigation, education, and advocacy, with significant victories improving prison conditions and healthcare access in California and Arizona.
Prison abolitionist group providing free resources and support to incarcerated people through their comprehensive national directory of organizations, while working to expose and challenge systemic oppression in the Prison Industrial Complex.
A prisoner-led section of the Industrial Workers of the World coordinating mutual aid and labor organizing inside prisons. They organize direct support through solidarity campaigns, resource sharing, and advocacy while building networks between incarcerated workers and outside supporters to fight prison slavery and the prison industrial complex.
A grassroots organization fostering mutual aid and solidarity through gender justice advocacy across prison walls. They coordinate inside-outside organizing, resource sharing, and solidarity networks while building power through LGBTQ+ prisoner advocacy, transformative justice, and creating spaces for incarcerated survivors to lead movements for gender justice.
A grassroots campaign fostering mutual aid and solidarity through support for Casey Goodson Jr.'s family and community. They coordinate direct support, resource sharing, and solidarity networks while building power through community organizing, political education, and creating spaces for collective resistance against police violence and carceral injustice.
Books & Education
A mutual aid network supporting incarcerated people through book donations, letter writing, and resource sharing. PLSN works to expand access to literature and educational materials in prisons while building connections between incarcerated and non-incarcerated communities.
A volunteer-run organization fostering mutual aid and solidarity through free book distribution to LGBTQ+ people in prison. They coordinate book donations, letter writing, and solidarity networks while building power through queer/trans prisoner support, resource sharing, and creating spaces for connection across prison walls.
Updates from Inside
Monthly publication covering criminal justice issues and prison conditions through investigative reporting, while providing legal resources and analysis to incarcerated people. Published by the Human Rights Defense Center with a focus on amplifying voices from inside.
A blogging platform fostering mutual aid and connection through digital publishing of writing by incarcerated people. They coordinate blog hosting, letter transcription, and solidarity networks while amplifying voices from inside and creating spaces for dialogue across prison walls.
A radical publication fostering mutual aid and solidarity through art and writing by incarcerated people. They coordinate zine distribution, correspondence networks, and solidarity initiatives while amplifying voices from inside and building power through creative expression, political education, and creating spaces for connection across prison walls.