Exposing Parchman explores efforts to reform the Mississippi correctional system. These are some of the many organizations and initiatives working for social justice and criminal justice reform.
REFORM Alliance REFORM Alliance aims to transform probation and parole by changing laws, systems and culture to create real pathways to work and wellbeing. Follow @REFORM.
Brennan Center for Justice The Brennan Center is a nonpartisan law and policy institute, striving to uphold the values of democracy.
RAPP: Release Aging People in Prison Campaign Led by formerly incarcerated people and family members of people in prison, RAPP works to end mass incarceration and promote racial justice through the release of aging people in prison and those serving long sentences.
Honest Jobs: Fair Chance Employment Honest Jobs is the leading national job marketplace for people affected by the criminal justice system.
Florida Rights Restoration Coalition FRRC is committed to ending the disenfranchisement and discrimination against people with convictions.
The Sentencing Project The Sentencing Project advocates for effective, humane responses to crime and punishment by promoting racial, economic, and gender justice.
NAACP Legal Defense Fund The Legal Defense Fund is America's premier legal organization fighting for racial justice.
Equal Justice Initiative The Equal Justice Initiative is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.
People’s Advocacy Institute The People's Advocacy Institute is a non-profit community resource, training and capacity-building incubator for transformation justice in the south.
Innocence Project The Innocence Project works to free the innocent, prevent wrongful convictions, and create fair, compassionate, and equitable systems of justice for everyone. Their work is guided by science and grounded in anti-racism.
The United Justice Coalition The United Justice Coalition is a charitable organization that works across disciplines to raise awareness around key social justice issues and the need for criminal justice reform.
Ladies of Hope Ministries Topeka K. Sam founded the Ladies of Hope Ministries to support women and girls who are impacted by the criminal legal system.
Until Freedom Until Freedom is an intersectional social justice organization rooted in the leadership of diverse people of color to address systemic and racial injustice.
The Gathering for Justice The Gathering for Justice’s mission is to build a movement to end child incarceration while working to eliminate the racial inequities that permeate the justice system.
