How to Help

Spread the word on social media. Tell your friends. Talk to your families. Help us raise awareness about the issue.

Tell Governor Gavin Newsom that you support more prisoners being released for their health and safety and the health and safety of our communities during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

“The Canteen Project is a way to facilitate donations- 100% of which go to incarcerated individuals to help in purchasing goods at the canteen/commissary. Buying goods at the commissary is essential for obtaining additional basic necessities. This includes hygiene supplies, food items such as rice, beans and pouch foods to avoid eating food from the kitchen (where the virus has been suspected to further spread from).”

“The National Bail Fund Network is made up of over sixty community bail and bond funds across the country. We regularly update this listing of community bail funds that are freeing people by paying bail/bond and are also fighting to abolish the money bail system and pretrial detention.”

Hand Sanitizer for Incarcerated & At-risk Groups:
“Because of the unique policy challenges and public health risks within jails and prisons, we have been and will continue to focus on incarcerated groups and inhabitants within transitional housing. Every $10 you donate to our mutual aid project can provide 20 people in our communities with hand sanitizer.”

“The Prisoner Correspondence Project is a solidarity project for gay, lesbian, transsexual, transgender, gendervariant, two-spirit, intersex, bisexual and queer prisoners in Canada and the United States, linking them with people a part of these same communities outside of prison.”

“Our mission is to assist people incarcerated in California prisons to a successful reentry by providing education and connect them to resources before release with the goal to reduce recidivism.”

“Like all academic institutions, our concern for our students extends far beyond the classroom. COVID-19 has created a profound crisis for our community on multiple levels. All non-essential programs including college classes have been suspended. Medically the prison population is extremely vulnerable, and the prison environment makes containment extremely difficult. The updates below detail how we are working to protect the health and safety of our students, and the larger prison community, during this unprecedented time. While we are not currently running programs, we still encourage interested prospective faculty to submit materials to be in our faculty pool. You will be placed on our mailing list and contacted when programming resumes.”

Place4Grace runs a number of programs to support the children and families of incarcerated people, and their incarcerated loved ones. These programs include: the Family2Child literacy project, Camp Grace arts and music camp, I Am Suitable parole workshops, and community education and advocacy. During COVID-19, Place4Grace has donated over 1,000 pre-filled backpacks to returning citizens as they have paroled.

“The People’s Coalition aims to provide information, access, and resources to lower the impact of structural violence experienced by historically marginalized groups.” They run programs, including: Each One Teach One Library and Nourish. Additionally, they are developing a smartphone application that will serve as a centralized hub that lists and communicates key resources and information about the community that the user is in.

“Transforming Justice Orange County (TJOC) is committed to reimagining justice, safety, and accountability, through ending individual, collective, and systemic oppression by carceral systems. We envision a society that does not rely on carceral systems to solve its problems, but one that works collaboratively to support one another, address harm, and meet people’s needs.”