Top 30 Prison Reform Influencers in 2026

1. Anthony Kapel Jones

Bio Social Entrepreneur 💡
Political correspondent @cnn 🎙️
Founder of Dream Machine & Rapport 🚀
Subscribe to my Substack ↙️ Instagram Handle @vanjones68 Instagram Followers 1.1M Type Mega Gender Male Get Email Contact Request 150 Prison Reform Instagram Influencers with email contacts in a spreadsheet or csv file. Email us at [email protected] Copy emailEmail us

2. Patrisse Cullors

Bio Artist, Author, Abolitionist
Subscribe to my newsletter ⬇️ *****@teampatrisse.com Instagram Handle @osopepatrisse Instagram Followers 306.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

3. Keidrain Brewster

Bio Face of Prison Reform | TEDx Speaker
2024 TX Governor's Award
Curriculum in 16 facilities
In at 17. Served 13. Went back as a teacher *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @bossmanbrewster Instagram Followers 282.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

4. Jessica Kent

Bio YouTuber ✨ Tiktoker 🐝TEDX Speaker 👏 Prison Reform / Mental Health Advocate 🤩 💚 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @jesken12 Instagram Followers 190.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +13% Type Macro Gender Female youtube.com/channel/UC-lh.. + Follow Get Email Contact

5. Jason Flom

Bio ⚖️ Criminal justice reformer
🎵 Music Executive
💪🏽 2x cancer survivor
🔊 Host @LavaforGood podcasts
@WrongfulConviction #RighteousConvictions Instagram Handle @itsjasonflom Instagram Followers 139.6K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

6. Larry Lawton

Bio 💎@crookeddiamondcigar
💎Prison Reform Advocate
💎Author of Gangster Redemption
💎Founder of Reality Check Program
📍YouTube, Member Programs, Merch *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @reallarrylawton Instagram Followers 102.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

7. Tiffany Cabaan

Bio Queer. Latina. Abolitionist. Council Member for NYC Council District 22 in Queens. @localprogressnetwork Board Member. *****@cabanforqueens.com Instagram Handle @tiffany_caban Instagram Followers 50.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +14% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

8. Halim Flowers

Bio Global Minister of Arts & Culture
@obamafoundation - USA Leader
Service: @art_o_nomics
Mgmt & Booking: @boodieinc
Business Mgmt @davidlmcfarland Instagram Handle @halimflowers Instagram Followers 50.3K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

9. Shaka Senghor

Bio President of Shaka Senghor Inc Instagram Handle @shakasenghor Instagram Followers 47.8K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

10. Marci Marie

Bio Storyteller | Formerly Incarcerated Advocate | Represent Justice Ambassador | Champion for Justice-Impacted Women | Podcaster | Film Maker *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @marcimarie114 Instagram Followers 41.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

11. Piper Kerman

Bio #OITNB *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @piperkerman Instagram Followers 38.6K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

12. Derecka Purnell

Bio i wanna be a love letter when i grow up | writer, organizer, lawyer | author, Becoming Abolitionists *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @dereckapurnell Instagram Followers 32.8K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

13. Creole Nola

Instagram Handle @simplygilda Instagram Followers 27.8K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

14. Jarrett Adams

Bio Civil Rights Attorney, Author
REDEEMING JUSTICE Available Now
New York | Chicago | Wisconsin
lifeafterjustice.org #notguiltyservinglife *****@jarrettadamslaw.com Instagram Handle @jarrettadamslaw Instagram Followers 23.3K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

15. Scott Hechinger

Bio Public defender for nearly a decade. Founder & Director of Zealous. Working round the country w/ defenders, organizers, & communities to be heard. *****@zealo.us Instagram Handle @scotthechinger Instagram Followers 22.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

16. Kemba Smith

Bio #motheroftwo #internationalpublicspeaker
#author #consultant #criminaljusticeadvocate #kembasmithfoundation
#awardwinningexecutiveproducer *****@kembasmithfoundation.org Instagram Handle @kemba_smith Instagram Followers 22.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

17. Ian Manuel.

Bio Author & Speaker at Penguin Random House, Scholar, Poet, March ♈️
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Email *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @ianmanuelofficial Instagram Followers 17.8K Follower Growth (3mo) -4% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

18. Dr. Topeka K. Sam

Bio 𝙎𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙀𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙪𝙧•𝙑𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙮•𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙧•𝙄𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧 *****@drtopekaksam.com Instagram Handle @topekaksam Instagram Followers 13.7K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

19. Nicole Fleetwood

Bio Preorder BETWEEN THE RIVER AND THE RAILROAD TRACKS (pub date: Nov 17, 2026) @littlebrown. Professor at @mccnyu. @marking_time_art. Join my Substack ⬇️ *****@rci.rutgers.edu Instagram Handle @nifleetwood Instagram Followers 10.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

20. Reginald Dwayne Betts.

Bio Poet. Harvard Visiting Lecturer. Yale Law Grad. Freedom Reads, Founder & CEO.
Doggerel available now ⬇️ Instagram Handle @dwaynebetts Instagram Followers 9.2K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

21. Sarah Shourd

Bio Award-winning Narrative Change Leader. Somatic Coach trained in trauma transformation. 15 years reimagining justice outside prisons and jails. *****@sarahshourd.com Instagram Handle @sarahshourd Instagram Followers 3.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

22. Susan Burton

Bio Founder, A New Way of Life Reentry Project. Advocate for alternatives to prison and harsh sentencing. Mother, Grandmother & Great-Grandmother. *****@anewwayoflife.org Instagram Handle @susanburtonla Instagram Followers 3.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

23. Dr. Vartika Nanda

Bio Author
Prison Reformer. Prof Head, Deptt of Journalism, LSR, DU.Founder, Tinka Tinka Prison. Introduced Prison Radios in Haryana, Dehradun and Agra. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @vartikananda Instagram Followers 2.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +10% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

24. Scott Budnick

Bio Film Producer // Hangover - Project X - War Dogs - Old School - Due Date - Roadtrip - Nonnas - Just Mercy // Justice Reformer // Grateful // Blessed Instagram Handle @scottbudnick1 Instagram Followers 122.2K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

25. Alice Marie Johnson

Bio White House Pardon Czar
Grandmother
Author -After Life
Granted Clemency by President @realDonaldTrump after 22 years in Prison *****@alicemariefree.com Instagram Handle @alicemariefree Instagram Followers 64.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

26. Helen Prejean

Bio My life's work is to end the death penalty. Dead Man Walking: Graphic Edition is in bookstores now! Take a look at my Linktree. *****@sisterhelen.org Instagram Handle @helenprejean Instagram Followers 35.5K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

27. Kelly Surette

Bio Author | Speaker | Advocate. Criminal justice professional on a mission to revolutionize
rehabilitation within America’s criminal justice system. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @kellymegansurette Instagram Followers 6.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -6% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

28. Alana Moor

Bio 🔐 Formerly Incarcerated
🎤 2x Award Winning Speaker
I lost everything & now rebuilding in real time
🎙️ "From Scratch" Podcast
Listen to the journey ⬇️ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @alanamoorspeaks Instagram Followers 3.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +23% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

29. Amy Cando

Bio Founder of CAN-DO Foundation - Clemency for All Non-violent Drug Offenders; President of Harm Reduction Productions; Producer of 420-The Documentary Instagram Handle @candoclemency Instagram Followers 2.3K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact