Learning With Incarcerated Scholars

RTA helps people in prison develop critical life skills through the arts, modeling an approach to the justice system based on human dignity rather than punishment.

For more than five decades, PEN America’s Prison and Justice Writing program has amplified the work of thousands of writers who are creating while incarcerated in the United States. By providing resources, mentorship, and audiences outside the walls, we help these writers to join and enrich the broader literary community. Committed to the freedom to write in U.S. prisons as a critical free expression issue of our time, we leverage the transformative possibilities of writing to raise public consciousness about the societal implications of mass incarceration and support the development of justice-involved literary talent.

(From PEN America)

Find articles here on health topics, self-care in prison, organizing, and more to send to your loved ones inside and post on social media.

The Jamii Sisterhood is the premier professional development community for Black women engaged in carceral system disruption and deconstruction. Founded at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jamii remains a hub for work focused on the need to support and elevate the voices of Black women, especially those voices of Black women who are systems-impacted.

This program helps incarcerated adults stay connected with their children through literacy. CLiF provides resources to inspire confidence around reading, and to encourage the practice of reading together.

Inside Books Project is an Austin-based community service volunteer organization that sends free reading materials to people incarcerated in Texas, and also publishes resource guides and short-form instructional pamphlets. Inside Books is the only books-to-prisoners program in Texas, where more than 120,000 people are behind bars. Inside Books Project works to promote reading, literacy, and education among incarcerated individuals and to educate the general public on issues of incarceration.

This database includes law firms and organizations that provide free legal assistance to incarcerated people on civil (non-criminal) matters.

The annual National Conference on Higher Education in Prison (NCHEP) is not only an event—it's a lifeline for the community of people who are committed to expanding educational opportunities for students who are currently or formerly incarcerated.

The largest network of college-educated, previously incarcerated professionals in the world.

Resource guide with information on literacy programs, housing, job placement, nonprofit organizations, etc.

Welcome to San Antonio Public Library's libguide Re-entry. Here you'll find resources geared towards helping people make a successful transition from incarceration to re-integration. These resources include books, websites, dvds, and podcasts.

Information for individuals who return from a period of incarceration, are on probation or parole, and are looking to plan their personal comeback. The Bexar County Reentry Center can help increase your level of employability, and we help you obtain higher educational levels and/or specialized job training.

Resources to help you re-enter society if you have been imprisoned or jailed.

**This is from the state of Texas, not Texas State University.

Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison provides college education, life skills, and reentry support to currently and formerly incarcerated people so they can make a positive impact on their own lives, their families, and communities, resulting in lower rates of recidivism and higher rates of employment, community regeneration, cohesiveness, and reciprocity. We provide post-secondary educational opportunities for incarcerated students enrolled in programs at six correctional facilities in the greater New York area.