See below for affiliated organizations related to prison education, re-entry, civic engagement, restorative justice, and arts-related advocacy and healing. Several of these organizations offer opportunities for internships, course instruction, and other forms of prison education advocacy.
- Challenge II Change
- Change Agents Podcast, Season 4, “Reclaiming Their Time”
- Chicago Votes
- Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights
- Chicago Torture Justice Center
- City of Chicago’s Office of Re-Entry
- Illinois Coalition to End Permanent Punishments
- DePaul Students Against Incarceration
- Edovo (digital learning platform for incarcerated people)
- Firehouse Community Arts Center
- Giving Others Dreams
- Illinois Alliance for Reentry and Justice
- Illinois Coalition for Higher Education in Prison (IL-CHEP)
- Illinois Prison Project
- Kolbe House Jail Ministry
- Love and Protect Chicago
- Mud Theatre Project
- Parole Illinois
- Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation
- Prison + Neighborhoods Arts/Education Project
- Real Youth Initiative
- Restore Justice Illinois
- Saint Leonard’s Ministries
- Walls Turned Sideways Chicago
- Women’s Justice Institute
- WTTW’s Firsthand: Life After Prison project