Inside Circle empowers system impacted people to lead change from within by providing opportunities for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people to heal and serve both themselves and others. We exist to reduce recidivism and all forms of violence – physical, emotional, and psychological – in our prisons and communities.

More than an organization, Inside Circle is a healing community based on respect for the humanity of each member. Using the power of human connection found in peer-guided healing circles, we transform lives, positively impacting each system we touch by reducing violence inside and outside adult and juvenile prisons, lowering recidivism rates, and building social-emotional literacy. Operating regularly within and around California State Prison, Sacramento, California Medical Facility, and New Jersey’s Juvenile Medium Security Facility, we are igniting and running programs in an array of adult and juvenile detention centers and community settings across the United States. We don’t heal the system-impacted, we show them what’s possible and create space for them to heal themselves and lead change within the communities they know best.