We serve as a bridge between folks inside prison and jail and folks working collaboratively for change on the outside. The main goals are:

1. We organize people in prisons and jails based in Unitarian Universalist (UU) principles, open to people of all faiths and informed by restorative justice guidelines and worldwide traditions. We connect people inside with UU pen pals in our congregations, who correspond with, call, and visit them to amplify their voices in policy advocacy.
2. We organize re-entry solidarity circles centering around leaders returning to the community. The leaders share their experience, educating congregational members about the systems and barriers that make success so difficult. These circles also provide moral support and practical help to people rebuilding their lives after the isolation and violence of incarceration. Their needs and experiences inform and prioritize our systemic advocacy.
3. We organize to promote systemic change to end incarceration and to build justice that is sorely missing in state law. We choose our advocacy initiatives based on expertise from people inside or recently released, and from local organizations led by people of color. We undertake educational forums and workshops, often in partnership with other organizations, and we promote an understanding in our community of the nature of prisons and the goal of abolition and restorative justice. We engage UUs in public advocacy to achieve changes in law and policy.