named programs · 7 · from sources
What they call their work
Crime Prevention Events
Hosts community events featuring speakers such as attorneys, prosecutors, and former inmates to educate the public on legal issues and deter criminal behavior.
Kosher Food Distribution
Provides kosher food and religious items to Jewish inmates through partnerships with distributors compliant with prison regulations.
Learning Programs & Religious Support
Provides religious books, halachic guidance, and educational materials to support spiritual and intellectual development in prison.
Monthly Newsletter
Distributes a newsletter to inmates with supportive content, articles, puzzles, and information to maintain mental engagement and connection.
Pen-Pal Program
Matches volunteers with incarcerated individuals for regular correspondence, offering emotional support and connection to the outside world.
Prisoner Visitation
Coordinates and facilitates visits by family, clergy, and volunteers to incarcerated individuals, including arranging volunteer drivers for transportation.
Prisoners Welfare Advocacy
Advocates for improved living conditions and civil rights for inmates, including campaigns for better access to fans and other necessities.
activities · 3 groups
What they do
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Criminal Justice Policy Advocacy 1 activity
- Advocacy for criminal justice reform and prison conditionsConducts sustained advocacy efforts focused on improving prison conditions, particularly around access to larger fans (advocating for increase from 6 inches to 12 inches) and addressing excessive heat in New York State prisons. Engages in outreach to lawmakers and government officials, holds weekly meetings with advocates and elected officials, collects inmate and family concerns, and runs online campaigns that have gathered 6,113 signatures across two initiatives. Also advocates for improved religious rights, kosher food access, and religious materials for Jewish inmates.
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Community Festival & Event Production 1 activity
- Criminal justice and community safety eventsOrganizes crime prevention events attended by over 2,400 people annually, including an event held in Lakewood in 2012, and hosts appreciation dinners featuring musical performances to engage the community in its mission.
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Religious Support for Incarcerated Individuals 1 activity
- Direct support services for incarcerated individuals and their familiesProvides comprehensive support to Jewish inmates and their families, including visitation coordination (over 860 visits annually), distribution of kosher food and care packages (over $100,000 in annual support), transportation assistance via volunteer drivers, emotional and social support through a volunteer visitor network, peer mentoring for families, spiritual counseling via rabbi visits, and a pen-pal program connecting volunteers with inmates based on shared interests.
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financials · form 990 · fy2023
revenue
Total revenue$243K
Contributions & grants$243K100%
Program service revenue$00%
Investment income$00%
Other revenue$0
expenses
Total expenses$237K
Program expenses100%
Admin / overhead0%
Fundraising0%
Salaries & benefits$0
Grants paid out$236K
Largest expense lineCompensation
balance sheet
Total assets$0
Cash—
Investments—
Liabilities—
Net assets$0
1 years on record · 2023–2023
relationships · 8
Who they work with
- Assemblyman David Weprin Partner — Collaborated with Lasurim by formally raising the issue of inadequate prison fans with Commissioner Annucci.
- DOCCS Government — Interacts with DOCCS regarding policy changes for inmate living conditions in New York State prisons.
- Rabbi Lankry Partner — Participated in a Lasurim crime prevention event in Lakewood.
- attorneys Partner — Collaborates with attorneys as speakers in crime prevention events.
- business leaders Partner — Engages business leaders as speakers in crime prevention events.
- former inmates Partner — Involves former inmates as speakers in crime prevention events.
- kosher products distributors Partner — Collaborates with kosher product distributors to supply compliant kosher food to Jewish inmates.
- prosecutors Partner — Includes prosecutors as speakers in crime prevention events.
strategies · 5
How they approach the work
Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.
- Culturally Specific Support Servicesmethodology: culturally_specific_support_servicesBy delivering coordinated visitation and culturally appropriate care packages—including Kosher food, religious items, and reading materials—the organization supports the dignity and well-being of incarcerated individuals, because culturally resonant care strengthens identity, belonging, and mental health.
- Education for Rehabilitationmethodology: education_for_rehabilitationBy providing structured religious and educational programming, the organization promotes rehabilitation and personal growth among incarcerated individuals, because learning builds cognitive skills, purpose, and identity beyond incarceration.
- Integrated Support and Advocacymethodology: integrated_support_and_advocacyBy combining direct holistic support for incarcerated individuals with systemic advocacy, the organization aims to improve prison conditions and advance criminal justice reform, because individual and structural interventions reinforce one another.
- Pen-Pal Connection for Emotional Resiliencemethodology: pen-pal_connectionBy facilitating sustained personal correspondence between volunteers and inmates, the organization fosters emotional resilience and rebuilds self-worth among incarcerated individuals, because meaningful human connection counteracts isolation and supports psychological rehabilitation.
- Policy Advocacy Through Coalition Buildingmethodology: policy-advocacy-through-coalition-buildingBy forming coalitions with other organizations and engaging directly with lawmakers, the organization advances policy changes to improve prison conditions, because collective advocacy elevates the issue’s political priority and increases leverage for reform.