Independent Lens is America’s home for independent documentary film on PBS and the presenter of APART.

Stories for Justice is a public media partnership presented by Independent Lens that aims to spark community conversations and boost the work of people on the front lines of justice reform. APART is one of a series of films focused on the criminal justice system.

Represent Justice is a nonprofit organization using the power of media to engage audiences in reimagining the justice system while building the capacity of system-impacted communities. Represent Justice designed and launched a nationwide impact campaign around the film APART.

Prison Policy Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that produces reports to inform the public discussion around incarceration. (PPI’s Research Director Wendy Sawyer consulted and provided fact checking for APART.) Some of PPI’s most relevant reports include:

• Women’s Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2023

• Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2023

• Both sides of the bars: How mass incarceration punishes families

The National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to transforming health care through evidence and collaboration. An NIHCM Foundation Journalism Grant has helped fund APART’s public engagement campaign.

• Visualizing the Impact of the Opioid Overdose Crisis

• Incarceration is a Public Health Issue

The Vera Institute of Justice works to tackle the most pressing injustices of our day, including the causes and consequences of mass incarceration.

• Overlooked: Women and Jails in an Era of Reform

• The Human Toll of Jail

The Marshall Project is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that seeks to create and sustain a sense of national urgency about the U.S. criminal justice system.

• The Language Project

The Sentencing Project works for a fair and effective U.S. criminal justice system by producing research about sentencing policy, addressing unjust racial disparities and practices, and advocating for alternatives to incarceration.

Legal Services for Prisoners with Children is an organization providing resources to incarcerated people and their families.

Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry (LMM) is a Cleveland, Ohio based nonprofit which among other things runs the Chopping for Change reentry program featured in APART.