Women’s Prison Association

The Women’s Prison Association, founded in 1865, is the nation’s oldest service and advocacy organization committed to helping women with criminal justice histories see new possibilities for themselves and their families. WPA offers a host of useful information and resources on issues facing these women and our families, in addition to housing, health, employment and family services and leadership and advocacy training.

The National Institute of Corrections and the Women’s Prison Association partnered to create a searchable online National Directory of Programs for Women with Criminal Justice Involvement. This database provides a place where practitioners, policymakers, and community members can find information on programs and services for women in the criminal justice system. The database includes state-by-state programs and services for women at all stages of criminal justice involvement, both in correctional facilities and in the community.

JustLeadershipUSA (JLUSA)

JustLeadershipUSA is dedicated to cutting the US correctional population in half by 2030. JLUSA empowers people most affected by incarceration to drive policy reform. Those closest to the problem are closest to the solution, but furthest from resources and power.

JLUSA provides leadership training to a national network of formerly incarcerated advocates working for criminal justice reform at the local, state and national levels. Campaigns like the push to #CLOSERikers are organized by JLUSA and the network of leaders.

Color of Change

Color of Change is the nation’s largest online racial justice organization. They help people respond effectively to injustice in the world around us, and move decision-makers in corporations and government to create a more human and less hostile world for Black people in America.