“Bound But Free,” Lessie Brown, 2007, mixed media

Resources for formerly incarcerated people and criminal legal system-impacted communities in Michigan:

• A Brighter Way (Washtenaw County organization providing assistance, support, and mentoring to returning citizens)
• American Friends Service Committee (works directly with people imprisoned in Michigan’s State prisons to advocate for and with them around all kinds of issues related to conditions of confinement)
• Detroit Justice Center (a non-profit law firm working alongside communities to create economic opportunities, transform the justice system, and promote equitable and just cities)
• Michigan Center for Youth Justice (on-profit organization dedicated to advancing policies and practices that reduce confinement and support community-based solutions for Michigan’s justice-involved youth)
• Nation Outside (statewide organization in Michigan with the mission to organize, mobilize, and support formerly incarcerated people and their families)
• Safe and Just Michigan (works to advance policies that end Michigan’s over-use of incarceration and promote community safety and healing)
• University of Michigan Prison Creative Arts Project (creative arts organization supporting currently and formerly incarcerated people)
• Youth Justice Fund (assists returning citizens, sentenced as youth to a term of imprisonment, with services and resources)

Resources for those facing hardship due to the COVID-19 crisis:

• Mutual Aid Hub (a clearinghouse of mutual aid networks in the United States)
• Detroit-based COVID-19 Mutual Aid
• Southwest Detroit COVID-19 Mutual Aid
• Metro Detroit COVID-19 Mutual Aid
• Huron Valley COVID-19 Mutual Aid
• Lansing MI Mutual Aid for COVID-19
• Kalamazoo COVID-19 Mutual Aid
• Grand Rapids Area COVID-19 Mutual Aid
• Food Gatherers (Michigan food rescue program)
• United Way (nonprofit organization supporting health, education, and financial stability)

Other information:

• #COVID19DecarcerationSyllabus (a political education tool curated by the California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP))

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