Developing Policies & Procedures that Restore Dignity
Public Welfare Foundation aims to decrease state incarceration and reduce racial disparities through reforms in sentencing, charging, and supervision policies and procedures. We envision a future where unjust, racially-charged sentencing policies and procedures are replaced with effective measures that promote fairness, redemption and restoration.
Sentencing Reform Resources
Public Welfare Foundation Announces New Grants
September 9, 2022The Board of Directors of Public Welfare Foundation approved over $1.5 million in grants, including $1.05 million for the Justice Reform portfolio and $500K fo…
Public Welfare Foundation Announces New Grants
May 17, 2021The Board of Directors of Public Welfare Foundation approved over $2.6 million in grants, including more than $1.9 million for the Justice Reform program in ta…
Public Welfare Foundation Announces New Grants
January 11, 2021The Board of Directors of Public Welfare Foundation approved over $2 million in grants, including more than $1.5 million for the Justice Reform program in targ…
Advancing Sentencing Reform
Safe and Just Michigan
Working to reduce the harm caused by both crime and incarceration. They advance evidence-based reforms that improve public safety and eliminate unnecessary corrections spending.
American Friends Services Committee
Focusing exclusively on ending mass incarceration and reducing the number of people in Arizona prisons. Through research, documentation, media work, coalition building, and policy advocacy, AFSC-AZ challenges criminalization, opposes prison expansion, advocates for sentencing policy change, and works to shift public opinion from punitive and retributive approaches to crime towards a discussion of root causes, best practices, and inclusive and healing justice.
