Resources: Educational Resources

Level is an independent, nonprofit correspondence prison education program serving people in over 1,000 county, state, federal, and military jails and prisons in all 50 states. Topics include entrepreneurship, financial literacy, computer science, internet technology, food safety, meditation and art. We charge a one-time $25 fee for printing and shipping all our materials. People who complete our modules earn certificates and their supporters on the outside receive updates about their progress. To enroll you in Level, tell your loved one to go to our website or connect with us by phone or text!

Narcotics Anonymous is a global organization offering recovery from the effects of addiction through working a twelve-step program, including regular attendance at group meetings. Membership is free, and we have no affiliation with any governmental, religious, medical, or other organizations. We offer resources in many languages. If you are looking for meeting locations for parole plans, ask a friend or family member to look on our website. Any incarcerated person may write to NA for free literature. When we receive a letter, we will send an introductory packet of NA literature and information. After receiving a second letter, we will provide a NA Basic Text or other NA book of their choice.

Since the mid-1970s, PEN America’s Prison and Justice Writing Program (PJW) has supported and amplified the work of thousands of writers who are creating while incarcerated in the United States. Recognizing that the freedom to write in U.S. prisons is a critical free expression issue of our time, PJW leverages the transformative possibilities of writing to raise public consciousness about incarceration and justice, and supports the development of justice-involved literary talent. The annual PEN Prison Writing Awards recognizes exceptional works in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and playwriting/screenwriting with cash prizes, development support through the PEN Prison Writing Mentorship Program, and publication in an annual anthology series. Additionally, by providing free copies of our recently updated handbook, The Sentences that Create Us: Crafting a Writer's Life in Prison (Haymarket Books, 2022), PJW strives to bridge access to the broader literary community. Also able to facilitate communication for writers to apply for the PEN/Bare Life Review Grants, which support works in progress by immigrant and refugee writers. Serves writers nationally.

The goal is to provide prisoners, prison staff, and prison volunteers with the most effective, proven tools for rehabilitation, self-transformation, and personal & professional development through mindfulness-based interventions (MBI’s). The Prison Dharma Network/Prison Mindfulness Institute (PMI) works with volunteers who offer meditation inside prisons. Its Books Behind Bars program will mail mindfulness, meditation, and Buddhist books to people inside prison. It also offers the Path of Freedom (Mindfulness-Based Emotional Intelligence) correspondence course. The Path of Freedom (and other courses by PMI) can also be found on the Edovo App (currently available in hundreds of US prisons).