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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Reentry Book Club: Free Minds Members Continue to Thrive
As Summer awakens and the seasons change, Free Minds members are continuing to grow, heal, face new challenges, and build community with one another. From welcoming new members to the…
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Featured Poem
Sing
Teach me Oh Sirens your songs
which lures the sea farers a’long
to attend you in a watery home
never to leave you alone
Our Impact in 2025
1,800
MEMBERS SERVED
90%
EMPLOYMENT & EDUCATION PLACEMENT RATE
458
POEMS WRITTEN
5%
Recidivism rate
IN THE PRESS
