About Us
We work to advance health and safety solutions and shrink the carceral state by building the power of people directly impacted by the criminal legal system through public education, policy advocacy, community care, and community organizing.
Founded as a statewide coalition in 2015 and established as a nonprofit in 2019, decARcerate works to strengthen our communities while shrinking the carceral system.
decARcerate envisions a state where health and safety are a priority and Arkansas’ reliance on punishment and prisons is reduced through shrinking jail and prison populations, reducing harm caused by surveillance, policing, and incarceration, restoring rights to people with convictions, and advancing health and safety solutions that support wellness and healing.
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
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 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.
Campaign Work
We maintain an ongoing commitment to identify and support criminal justice 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
Our Court Watch program takes Arkansans into publicly accessible court rooms across the state to witness the harm of the carceral state, shine a light on injustices in the judicial system, and hold judges and prosecutors accountable.
Court Watch
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