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
- Chicago Votes
- Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights
- Chicago Torture Justice Center
- Coalition to End Permanent Punishment
- DePaul Students Against Incarceration
- On Instagram at saidepaul
- “Breaking Down Re-Entry Barriers to Higher Education” (video produced by the Spring 2023 News Documentary course students at DePaul University for WTTW's Firsthand: Life After Prison initiative.)
- Community Fest Guide via Richardson Library
- “Ban the Box” campaign
- Book Club at Cook County jail
- Book drives
- Guest speakers and other programming
- Giving Others Dreams
- Illinois Coalition for Higher Education in Prison (IL-CHEP)
- Illinois Prison Project
- Inside-Out on Instagram
- Kolbe House Jail Ministry
- Love and Protect Chicago
- Parole Illinois
- Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation
- Prison + Neighborhoods Arts/Education Project
- Restore Justice Illinois
- Saint Leonard’s Ministries
- Walls Turned Sideways Chicago
- Women’s Justice Institute