If you wish to become more educated about the justice system these resources are a good place to start.
Operation Restoration supports women and girls impacted by incarceration.
The Parole Project helps formerly incarcerated people rebuild their lives.
The Angola Prison Museum has documented and preserved the history of corrections in Louisiana
The Frederick Douglass Project works to change the public’s perceptions of the criminal justice system by facilitating group visits to prisons. This is can be a life-altering experience in so many ways, and I highly recommend it.
Freedom Reads brings bookshelves–and books–into prisons
The Practice of Freedom is a special issue of Poetry Magazine dedicated to the work of incarcerated writers