After Incarceration is a community organization based in Newburgh, New York, led by formerly incarcerated people and those most directly impacted by the criminal legal system. We work to accelerate the personal and professional growth of currently and formerly incarcerated community members while disrupting cycles of violence through healing, education, leadership development, and community engagement.

 

Grounded in the principles of Kingian Nonviolence, our work combines restorative practices, mutual aid, historical education, creative expression, and community organizing to build the Beloved Community. Through programs such as Pilgrimage to Peace, Project RISE, FREED to FEED, restorative reentry circles, and community leadership development initiatives, we help people transform lived experience into leadership and service.

 

We believe that people are more than the worst thing they have ever done, that violence can be unlearned, and that communities already possess the wisdom, creativity, and leadership necessary to build safer and more just futures. Our mission is not simply to respond to harm, but to cultivate the conditions that allow individuals and communities to heal, grow, and thrive.