Community Works seeks to transform justice through programs and policies rooted in humanity and healing.

We honor the lived experience of survivors, incarcerated people, and their communities as expertise. Our programs are culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and rooted in Restorative Justice and the Arts.

Our services are designed to meet the needs of people at any stage of justice system involvement and include four key areas:

Transformation Programs allow people to address the root causes of their behavior, make amends, and forge a new path. We work both with people incarcerated and with the survivors of their harm.

Restorative Reentry Programs support transition-age youth and adults coming home after incarceration and combine restorative justice, cognitive behavioral therapy, artistic creation, and family systems work to support a successful return home.

Youth Power programs focus on children and transition-age youth and support them in harnessing their power so they can speak the truth to help break the cyclical impacts of mass incarceration and change the systems that create that cycle.

Changing Systems is how we translate the lessons from our direct service work. By honoring lived experience as expertise, the people in our community lend their voices to collective actions that seek a future where justice heals rather than harms.