Transformational Prison Project, a project of Tides Center

TPP is a Massachusetts-based Restorative Justice organization with a mission to provide spaces where those who have been harmed and those who have done the harming can come together and engage in dialogue.

TPP was founded in 2013 in MCI-Norfolk, Massachusetts’ largest prison which houses the nation’s oldest population of men serving life sentences. The men soon found the healing and transformational effects of this Restorative Justice model. As influencers in the prison system, their modeling of change encouraged others to join, as well. The group was soon offered to all who were incarcerated at the facility. TPP expanded from MCI-Norfolk to five additional correctional institutions—reaching thousands of incarcerated people.

In 2020, TPP welcomed a new group of leaders—four formerly-incarcerated individuals who personally benefitted from the organization’s programs while incarcerated. TPP’s leaders are examples of the positive impact that TPP’s work can have, and are dedicating their lives to change the lives of others.

There is so much more to our story. Please visit www.transformprison.org to learn more.