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Coalition for Effective Public Safety
The Coalition for Effective Public Safety (CEPS) is a coalition of human rights activists, legal practitioners, program providers, parolees, formerly and currently incarcerated men and women, and friends and relatives of those incarcerated.
Criminal Justice Policy Coalition
The Criminal Justice Policy Coalition (CJPC) is a member-based, non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of humane, healing and effective criminal justice in Massachusetts. CJPC seeks to accomplish this by expanding the public discourse on criminal justice, promoting dialogue and cooperation among diverse stakeholders, and building support for policies that better protect our communities, promote accountability and change for offenders, and provide restitution to victims.
The F8 Foundation
The F8 Foundation offers a multifaceted approach that provides help for male and female returning citizens (formerly incarcerated, in transition, or in recovery) to acclimate back into society.
Families Against Mandatory Minimums
FAMM seeks to create a more fair and effective justice system that respects our American values of individual accountability and dignity while keeping communities safe.
Families for Justice as Healing
Families for Justice as Healing (FJAH) is led by incarcerated women, formerly incarcerated women, and women with incarcerated loved ones. They are proud members of The National Council for Incarcerated Women and Girls and lead advocacy to decarcerate women and girls in Massachusetts. They organize in the most incarcerated communities in the Commonwealth to transform the way we respond to harm and develop alternatives to police, courts, and incarceration.
League of Women Voters
With 45 local Leagues throughout the state and over 3,000 members, LVWMA has been at the forefront of efforts to empower and educate Massachusetts voters and effect change on a wide range of issues, including election laws and campaign finance, natural resources and the environment, women’s health, children’s issues, state budget and finances, public education, and public safety.
Lifer’s Group, Inc.
The Lifer's Group Inc. is based at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at MCI Norfolk.
Mass Bail Fund
The Massachusetts Bail Fund (MBF) pays bail so that low-income people can stay free while they work towards resolving their case, allowing individuals, families, and communities to stay productive, together, and stable. The Massachusetts Bail Fund is committed to practicing harm reduction by bringing home community members serving pre-trial sentences, and to abolishing pre-trial detention and supervision in the long-term.
MCI-Norfolk Harriet Tubman Project
The Harriet Tubman Project is a legal class established by Rickey "Fuquan" McGee in 2021 at the MCI Norfolk Correctional Facility. Under the African American Coalition Committee umbrella, the goal of The HTP is to dismantle structural racism beginning with abolishing the mental slavery that exists within the institutions, and educating the participants on their legal and moral obligations to participate in their own fight for freedom.
New Beginnings Reentry Services
New Beginnings Reentry Services (NBRS) works to reduce recidivism by advocating for and providing services to women who are reentering local neighborhoods and communities. Through their Community Engagement Center, they work to build alliances, collaborations, and networks to create positive changes in policies that negatively impact men & women involved in the criminal justice system.
New England Innocence Project
The New England Innocence Project (NEIP) fights to correct and prevent wrongful convictions and ensure justice within the criminal legal system for innocent people throughout New England who are imprisoned for a crime they did not commit.
New Vision Organization, Inc.
We envision a time when incarceration is strictly a form of rehabilitation, not punishment. Until then, we are doing everything we can to fill in gaps in the prison system by advocating for each of our clients' specific needs, whatever they may be.
Norfolk Young Men’s Committee at Massachusetts Correctional Institution at MCI Norfolk.
Parole Review for All
Parole Review for All is a Task Force of the Criminal Justice Policy Coalition that is dedicated to eliminating all life sentences in Massachusetts by advocating parole review for all.
Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts
Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts (PLS) challenges the carceral system through litigation, advocacy, client counseling, partnership with impacted individuals and communities, and outreach to policymakers and the public in order to promote the human rights of incarcerated persons and end harmful confinement.
Progressive Massachusetts
Progressive Massachusetts (“Progressive Mass”) is a statewide, member-driven grassroots organization committed to fighting for a vision of shared prosperity, racial and social justice, good government, and environmental sustainability in Massachusetts.
The Real Cost of Prisons Project
The Real Cost of Prisons Project brings together justice activists, artists, researchers and women and men directly experiencing the impact of mass criminalization who are working to end the carceral state.
Sentencing Project
The Sentencing Project is a national organization that advocates for effective, humane responses to crime and punishment by promoting racial, economic, and gender justice.
Transformational Prison Project
The Transformational Prison Project encourages healing and accountability by facilitating restorative dialogue between those responsible for harm and those who have experienced harm.
We Are Joint Venture, Inc.
We Are Joint Venture (WAJV) focuses on increasing sentencing parity, especially as it relates to joint venture prosecutions. WAJV was founded by Julian Green, and is led by Julian and other incredible advocates at MCI-Norfolk.