Incarcerated youths writing new chapters in their lives.

Empowering incarcerated youths to write new chapters in their lives.

Free Minds uses the transformative tools of books, writing, and peacebuilding to create a community of support, assisting incarcerated and formerly incarcerated youths and adults to achieve their education, career, and life goals, write new chapters in their lives, and become powerful voices for change.

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Jail Book Club Coordinator & Co-facilitator We are seeking an avid reader and writer with excellent facilitation skills to provide essential support for our Jail Book Club program. This includes…

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Featured Poem

Contaminated Dreams

I dream about love, peace and happiness in the same sequence as the devil capturing me, taking my soul before turning 19 years old.
Each morning I awake feeling uncomfortable, my heart being cold.
Dreams are contaminated thoughts, empirical surreal nightmares that your mind bought.
I dream about the power of real love, the kind you will never lose or give up.

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Our Impact in 2023

1404

MEMBERS SERVED

97%

EMPLOYMENT & EDUCATION PLACEMENT RATE

1130

POEMS WRITTEN

2%

Recidivism rate