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Essie Justice Group
United States of America
Essie Justice Group is a national organization of women that aims to restore family unity and safety to U.S. communities that are hardest hit by mass incarceration. For women with incarcerated loved ones we seed loving groups across the country that focus on trauma prevention and healing financial literacy and advocacy training. We unify and activate our on the ground groups through an innovative online platform that provides toolkits and resources while challenging stigma and stereotypes through stories and engaging content. Leveraging women as experts healers and advocates we empower communities to bring about an end to mass incarceration once and for all.
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In Arms Reach
United States of America
Children with a parent in prison are six times more likely than children of non incarcerated parents to become involved with crime and become imprisoned themselves. In Arms Reach Inc. responds to this alarming situation with programming in academics arts music prison visitation and mentoring for children whose parents are or were formerly offenders of the criminal justice system. In Arms Reach empowers children through academic assistance preparing each child for admission to college so that they may lead productive crime free lives. The program aims to break the potential cycle of incarceration passed from parent to child by offering one on one and group counseling in a supportive setting. In Arms Reach also helps to reduce feelings of abandonment and anger by nurturing existing parent child relationships with free trips for children to visit their parents. Finally the organization provides a voice for children in the public school system through meetings with officials involvement in curriculum and encouragement of academic excellence.
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Justice and Accountability Center of Louisiana
United States of America
The Justice and Accountability Center brings together the recently incarcerated defense attorneys prisoner rights advocates and plaintiff attorneys in a membership cooperative which provides incarcerated individuals with the possibility of freedom access to justice and the opportunity to make radical changes in a system with glaring deficiencies. In addition the organization creates a collaborative space where attorneys legal workers and advocates can participate collectively in planning and implementing strategies for accountability and reform.
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