Utilizing data, storytelling, artistic expression, and research, we educate Arkansans through public events that center the stories and experiences of individuals who are directly impacted by the criminal injustice system.
Education
decARcerate maintains an ongoing commitment to identify and support criminal justice and prison reform legislation. We imagine a world in which all people are treated with dignity, equity, and justice, and demand it from our elected officials
Public Policy
decARcerate does grassroots organizing and advocacy work, mobilizing communities around issues we collectively care about. Through the work of our campaigns, we seek to create meaningful and systematic change
Campaigns
decARcerate works to
empower people directly impacted by mass incarceration by placing them in positions of leadership and providing the training and resources they need to grow as organizers
Impacted Leaders
what we do
DecARcerate, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization.
Donations are tax deductible to the extent provided by law.
Employer identification number, or EIN, is 83-2588615
DecARcerate works to end mass incarceration in Arkansas through community education, smart legislation, advocacy, and empowering the leadership of individuals personally affected by the criminal punishment system. We believe in a state where communities are safe and caring, individuals who cause harm are rehabilitated and reintegrated into supportive communities, all people are respected and treated equitably across institutions, and systems of exploitation and oppression are replaced with ones that are just and create healing.
about us
our team
DecARcerate is made up of a small, but dedicated team. Our staff, board, and volunteers are working tirelessly to end systems of exploitation and oppression.