Media Organizations to Follow and Support
Invisible Institute – invisible.institute/introduction
The Marshall Project – themarshallproject.org
Media Justice – mediajustice.org
The Chicago Reporter – chicagoreporter.com/category/key-issue/criminal-justice
Next City – nextcity.org/about
WBEZ – wbez.org
Prison Journalistic Project – prisonjournalismproject.org
ProPublica Illinois – propublica.org/about/illinois
The Intercept – theintercept.com
The Atlantic: The Presence of Justice – theatlantic.com/projects/the-presence-of-justice
The Real News Network: Prisons and Policing –
therealnews.com/category/sections/prisons-and-policing
Restorative Justice – Supporting Organizations That Provide Restorative Justice Training, Operate Restorative Justice Hubs, or Design Facilities in Which to Conduct Restorative Justice Processes
Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation – pbmr.org
Lawndale Christian Legal Center Restorative Justice Hub – lclc.net/programs/rjhub
Nehemiah Trinity Rising – nehemiahtrinityrising.org
Circles and Ciphers – circlesandciphers.org
Designing Justice +Designing Spaces – designingjustice.org
Other Organizations to Support and Follow
Checking the Websites for information about the Justice Reform Efforts and Service Activities of these 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organizations, and about Donating to support their work:
Interactive Networking Resource Connecting Returning Citizens with Services Of All Kind
Inside Out Network – insideoutnetwork.net/welcome,
donate at: secure.myvanco.com/YGKR/campaign/C-YGXA
Illinois Based Organizations and Initiatives Led by Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
Inner City Muslim Action Network (“IMAN”) – imancentral.org
Learn more from Rami Nashashibi at [email protected]
ECCSC – Ex-cons for Community and Social Change – eccsc.org
Learn more from Tyrone Farrakhan Muhammad at [email protected]
Alumni Association –
Learn more from Ray Robinson at [email protected]
Families and Prisoners United – facebook.com/p/Families-Prisoners-United-100080465895704
Learn more from Fahmi Jones at (312) 846-0744
Inmates for Change –
Learn more from Budder Jones at [email protected]
Real Youth Initiative – realyouthinitiative.com
Other Illinois-Based Organizations Serving the Accused, Those Incarcerated, and the Formerly Incarcerated
Alliance for Reentry and Justice – ilarj.org
Bridge to Freedom – bridge2freedom.org
BUILD (Broader Urban Involvement and Leadership Development) – buildchicago.org
Chicago Books to Women in Prison – cbwp.org
Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness –
chicagohomeless.org/our-work/reentry
Chicago Prison Outreach Ministries – cpoministries.org
Children’s Best Interest Project – facebook.com/ChildrensBestInterestIL
Community Reentry Project – phimc.org/initiatives/crp
Counseling First – sites.google.com/a/counselingfirst.org
Defy Ventures – defyventures.org
Education Justice Project – educationjustice.net
Equip for Equality – equipforequality.org
Fully Free Campaign to End Permanent Punishments-
search.issuelab.org/resource/the-fully-free-campaign
Gift of Voice – giftofvoice.com
Got Jobs America – gotjobsamerica.com
GRO Community – grocommunity.org/services/justice-involved
Illinois Prison Project –illinoisprisonproject.org
Illinois Justice Project – iljp.org
John Howard Association – thejha.org
Kolby House Jail Ministry –
pvm.archchicago.org/human-dignity-solidarity/kolbe-house-jail-ministry
Lawndale Christian Legal Center – lclc.net
Live Free Illinois – livefreeillinois.org
ManKind Project Chicago – chicago.mkp.org
Mental Health America of Illinois – mhai.org
Nehemiah Trinity Rising – nehemiahtrinityrising.org
One Parish One Prisoner – undergroundministries.org/opop
Phalanx Family Services – phalanxgrpservices.org
Prison and Neighborhood Arts/Education Project – p-nap.org
Reading Between the Lines – readingbetweenthelines.org
Recipe for Change – recipeforchangeproject.org
Renewing Sovereignty Project – rsproject.us
Safer Foundation – saferfoundation.org
Saint Leonard’s Ministries – slministries.org
Shriver Center for Poverty Law – povertylaw.org
Social Change – socialchange.site/solve
Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities (TASC)
tasc.org/tascweb/home.aspx
Thresholds – thresholds.org
Transforming Re-entry Services – transformingreentry.org
UCAN – ucanchicago.org
Uptown People’s Law Center – uplcchicago.org
Walls Turned Sideways- wallsturnedsideways.org
Westside Health Authority – healthauthority.org
Other Organizations Serving the Accused, Those Incarcerated, and the Formerly Incarcerated
Anti-Recidivism Coalition – antirecidivism.org
Bard Prison Initiative – bpi.bard.edu
Inside Circle – insidecircle.org
Institute for Justice – ij.org/ij-clinic-on-entrepreneurship/what-we-do
Prison Education Foundation – prisonedu.org/our-mission
Prison Fellowship – prisonfellowship.org
Illinois based Organizations Leading Reform Efforts
Alliance for Reentry and Justice – ilarj.org
ACLU of Illinois – aclu-il.org
Chicago 400 Alliance – chicago400.net
Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts – chicagoappleseed.org
Chicago Community Bond Fund – chicagobond.org/site/give
Chicago Community Jail Support – chicago-community-jail-support.webnode.com
Children and Family Justice Center – law.northwestern.edu/legalclinic/
Children’s Best Interest Project – facebook.com/ChildrensBestInterestIL
Clean Slate Campaign – cleanslateillinois.org
Clergy for a New Drug Policy – newdrugpolicy.org
Coalition to Decarcerate IL – coalitiontodecarcerateil.com
Cook County Justice Advisory Council – [email protected]
Coalition To End Money Bond – chicagoappleseed.org
Community Renewal Society – communityrenewalsociety.org
Education Justice Project – educationjustice.net
Envisioning Justice Initiative of Illinois Humanities – envisioningjustice.org
Equity and Transformation Chicago – eatchicago.org
FAMM (Families for Justice Reform) – famm.org
Freedom to Learn Campaign – freedom-to-learn.net
FWD.us – fwd.us
Heartland Re-Entry Program – heartlandhumancareservices.org
Housing Action Illinois – hou singactionil.org/who-we-are/mission-values-vision/
IL-CHEP – The Illinois Coalition for Higher Education in Prison –
ilchep.org
Illinois Coalition to End Permanent Punishments
endpermanentpunishments.org
Illinois Prison Project – illinoisprisonproject.org
Illinois Justice Project – iljp.org
Impact for Equity – impactforequity.org (formerly BPI)
Jane Addams Center for Social Policy and Research
socialwork.uic.edu/community-impact/jane-addams-center-social-policy-research
John Howard Association – thejha.org
Juvenile Justice Initiative – jjustice.org/about-us
Justice 20/20 – justice2020.org
(with information on joining working groups on Pretrial and the
Courts and Incarceration and Reentry)
Live Free Illinois – livefreeillinois.org
Loyola University Chicago Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
https://www.luc.edu/criminaljustice/index.shtml
MacArthur Justice Center – macarthurjustice.org
Mental Health America of Illinois – mhai.org
Nehemiah Trinity Rising –
nehemiahtrinityrising.org
Parole Illinois – paroleillinois.org
Pro Publica Illinois – propublica.org/illinois
Restore Justice – restorejustice.org/about-us
Shriver Center for Poverty Law – povertylaw.org
Social Change – socialchange.site
Social Justice Resource Center – socialjusticeresourcecenter.org
Southern Poverty Law Center – splcenter.org/issues/mass-incarceration
The Square One Project – Reimagine Justice – squareonejustice.org
Transforming Reentry Services – transformingreentry.org
Unitarian Universalist Ministry of Illinois – uupmi.org
University of Chicago Smart Decarceration Project – voices.uchicago.edu/smartdecar
Women’s Justice Institute – womensjusticeinstitute.org
Other Organizations Leading Reform Effort
Action Committee for Women in Prison – acwip.wordpress.com
Arnold Ventures LLC – arnoldventures.org
Brennan Center For Justice – brennancenter.org/issues/justice-all
Catalyze Justice – catalyzejustice.net
Catholic Mobilizing Network – catholicsmobilizing.org
Center for the Study of Human Flourishing of King’s College in New York City – tkc.edu/academics/cshf
Civil Rights Corps – civilrightscorps.org
Drug Policy Alliance – drugpolicy.org
Housing Not Handcuffs – housingnothandcuffs.org
Human Rights Watch Illinois: Criminal Justice – hrw.org/united-
states/criminal-justice
Justice Action Network – justiceactionnetwork.org
Law Enforcement Leaders To Reduce Crime and Incarceration –
lawenforcementleaders.org
Media Justice – mediajustice.org
Prison Policy Initiative – prisonpolicy.org
The Sentencing Project – sentencingproject.org
Vera Institute of Justice – vera.org
Worthy Now Prison Ministry Network of the Church of the Larger Fellowship – worthynow.org
Organizations Addressing the Causes of Crime and Poverty
The Tutor/Mentor Institute – tutormentorexchange.net