During Piper's talk on December 3rd, 2014, she talked about how getting involved locally is important. Here are some organizations-- either on campus or in Urbana-Champaign-- that are attempting to change the criminal justice system:
There are several organizations that are working to change some of the issues Piper and her fellow inmates endured, including motherhood in prison, mandatory sentencing, and relocation away from family and friends. Piper has compiled a list of organizations that she thinks is helpful. They include:
WOMEN
A New Way of Life Reentry Project
The Center for Young Women’s Development
Power Inside
Women and Prison: A Site for Resistance
Women In Prison Project
Women On the Rise Telling HerStory
Women’s Prison Association
CHILDREN
Reclaiming Futures National Program Office
Family and Corrections Network
Children of Inmates
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
Angel Tree
Corporation for National and Community Service
WRITING AND BOOKS
PEN American Center Prison Writing Program
Book’Em
Books Through Bars
Women’s Prison Book Project
NATIONAL RESOURCES
Nation Inside
Families Against Mandatory Minimums
Innocence Project
Just Detention International
Justice Center, Council of State Governments
The Pew Center on the States Public Safety Project
National H.I.R.E. Network
Vera Institute of Justice
INNOVATIVE AND INTERESTING
PrisonMovement’s Weblog
Reentry Central
Restorative Justice Online
Thousand Kites
Washington State Institute for Public Policy
Workshop In Business Opportunities
*note: this list was adapted from Piper Kerman's website
