This organization provides one-on-one assistance to incarcerated individuals throughout the State of Pennsylvania. They can help individuals who are in need of medical attention; experiencing violence, trauma, or abuse; or who require assistance navigating an issue with their facility. They also provide individuals with reliable information and resources, but cannot provide legal advice or legal assistance.

Mentoring Program: helps ease the transition back to society, by focusing on supportive community connection during and after incarceration. This program is offered 6 months prior to release for men incarcerated in SCI Chester and SCI Phoenix who are returning to the Philadelphia area.

Graterfriends Newsletter: this is a newsletter that is released bi-monthly and available to be shipped to both county and State Correctional Institutions. This newsletter sheds light upon prison life in the Commonwealth, allowing incarcerated individuals to communicate–to one another across facilities, and to their loved ones–about what’s happening within their prison, how it impacts their lives, and what matters most to them.

Peer Support Groups: provide perspectives on how to navigate the realities of reentry, and are focused on anti-poverty, job readiness, and employment. Groups meet monthly, participation is flexible.

Contact:
(215) 564-4775
https://www.prisonsociety.org/