Incarcerated Individual Resources

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Measure Your Hope

Your hope score is a tool for you to use to monitor your progress, track your hope journey, and reflect on how hopeful you are in the current moment. Hope is not fixed; when you practice hope skills, you can improve your hope score. 

Take the Hope Scale

If you are in crisis, you can text HOME to 741741 to connect with a trained crisis counselor — free, 24/7.

Suicide Hotline: 988

United States Specific Resources:

  • Unemployment Insurance – https://oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/docs/factsheet/UI_Program_FactSheet.pdf
  • Employment Services – https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/employment-services
  • National Resource List – https://prisonbookprogram.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/NPRL-2024-08-07.pdf
  • Employment opportunities for people with felonies – https://www.ilnp.uscourts.gov/pdfs/List_of_Felon_Friendly_Employers%20(002).pdf
  • Mental Health Treatment for Re-entry – http://findtreatment.samhsa.gov
  • Assistance with paying for prescriptions – http://www.rxassist.org/
  • Resources for Reentry after Incarceration – https://www.nami.org/your-journey/individuals-with-mental-illness/reentry-after-a-period-of-incarceration

International Resources:

  • Rights of those previously incarcerated – https://libraryguides.law.pace.edu/c.php?g=319375&p=2133470
  • Family support  – https://prisonfamiliesalliance.org/international-resources/
  • International Mental Health Hotlines – https://www.helpguide.org/find-help
  • International Resource List – https://prisonreformtrust.org.uk/adviceguide/who-can-help/