Nobody grows
in isolation.
Peaceful Prisons Project offers community based programs that reconnect people involved with the penal system to family, purpose, and belonging. People grow through relationships and investment. We all want to know we are not alone and we matter.
One organization, multiple paths toward growth.
Peaceful Prisons Project (P3) offers support to the entire system, every step of the way.
The Belonging Project
Connection as interventionThrough human connection residents find purpose, self-worth and belonging. P3 helps restore, maintain and develop relationships.
Practice Based Accountability
Support in the fieldThe norms of prison are different from the norms of society. We help bridge that gap. We offer support before, during and after incarceration.
- The Practice Lab
- The Open Door
- No One Walks Alone
Supportive Forces
Supporting the staff throughout the entire systemCorrectional staff carry a weight no one sees. The nature of the work often leads to burnout, low morale, and turnover. Healthy minds and bodies make for healthier facilities, and healthier facilities create better conditions for everyone.
We don’t rage against systems.
We ask better questions.
The calendar year consists of 8,760 hours. Together, our volunteers have supported the equivalent of 2.7 years.
From incarcerated people and their family members. One dot is one call.
One bubble is one family, one family joining around the table together.
This is where the work begins.
The Open Door
Warren, ME is home to the two primary male correctional facilities in the state. Residents are employed within the community for three years prior to release. They build skills, relationships, and routines. Upon release, all of this can be lost. Many people must relocate due to lack of housing.
The Open Door Transitional Living Home, planned for Knox County, will give people a safe landing place. Living in the area would allow individuals to maintain those skills, relationships and routines after release.
We are raising the funds to secure the house now. It is not open yet, and every gift moves us closer to the day it is.
Close enough to keep the job, keep the community, keep the connection.
People become their best selves when someone believes they are still human.
Abbe Marten, Founder & Executive DirectorFour states, and counting.
P3 works wherever a facility opens the door. Right now that is these four states. We have the same commitment in each.
Maine
The Open Door, in developmentWisconsin
HeadquartersTexas
Active programsNew Mexico
Active programsGenerosity looks different for everyone.
Give monthly
Predictable support is what lets us keep showing up.
Give →Sponsor a program
Fund books, backpacks, or a room at The Open Door.
Give →Volunteer
Sort donations, pack backpacks, sit in a courtroom.
Volunteer form →Hire fairly
Join the employer network. Costs nothing but a commitment.
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