Prison is like a car crash – no one escapes uninjured. When the court exonerates a wrongfully incarcerated person, they return to society without anything. For many, there is no loving family to support them. Whatever possessions they had before they were convicted are gone. Whoever they were before incarceration is lost forever. 

 How do they begin to reclaim a life that suits who they are now? Enter Life After Justice.

Life After Justice is here to empower exonerees to thrive while reclaiming their lives after justice. Our post-exoneration Empowerment Ecosystem is a network of resources specifically designed to support exonerees in two critical areas: holistic mental health and wellness and technology services. With access to these two services, exonerees can get their life back on track to discover who they want to be going forward. Without this support, they often remain lost.

Holistic Mental Health & Wellness

The very first step to help an exoneree reclaim their life is the intervention of proper psychotherapy. 

Life After Justice has partnered with Dr. Darlene Perry, a leading clinical and forensic psychologist in forensic mental health. Together, we are developing a service program that addresses the mental health and wellness concerns of exonerees. 

Life After Justice will provide access to a pool of mental health professionals specifically trained to work with exonerees’ unique experiences and needs through our partnership with Dr. Perry.

Technology Power-Up Pack

With no financial resources and no human support network, exonerees face another fundamental challenge – “returning” to a society profoundly changed by technology and seemingly, impossible to navigate. 

 To overcome the technology challenge, Life After Justice has developed the Power-Up Pack, consisting of a laptop or tablet, mobile phone, hot spot, training, and an assortment of gift cards.

Our Power-Up pack provides essential technology resources that quickly get an exoneree up to speed. With these tools, we can ensure that each exoneree released from prison feels seen and supported.

Life After Justice is working with individuals, corporations, law firms, churches, and other organizations to secure donations of current technology to provide these packs.

Through our extensive resource network, we are assembling a basic training program that exonerees can easily access and learn quickly how to use all this technology. Our goal is to help them integrate into modern life and feel connected to a bigger world that can offer them support.