A parent and two kids on either side of them sit at a table making cards. A woman holding a baby is behind them. Another woman sits behind.

Transforming Lives, Communities, and the Criminal Legal System

Our Free Bus Service Has New Routes

A partnership of Osborne and DOCCS, Loved Ones Link provides free roundtrip transportation to more than a dozen correctional facilities to help families visit their incarcerated loved ones and stay connected.

Our Kinship Reentry Housing Program has expanded to Buffalo!

Families in Buffalo welcoming formerly incarcerated loved ones home can now access housing support, direct financial assistance, counseling, peer support, and other reentry services through our expanded Kinship Reentry Housing Program.

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Our Programs

Osborne Association serves individuals, families, and communities impacted by the criminal legal system — at court, in jails and prisons, at community sites, and through housing programs.


 

Our Advocacy

Our policy arm is dedicated to building a society and justice system that promotes healing, safety, accountability, and real opportunities to thrive.


 

Our Impact

Our annual results—along with reflections from our partners—demonstrate how Osborne makes a difference for people before, during, and after incarceration.

Announcing Engaging and Empowering Youth Voices

Our new guide offers practical, field-tested standards for ethical storytelling about young people’s experiences with care, respect, and support.

Osborne’s 2026 Policy Priorities

The legislative and policy priorities of the Osborne Center for Justice Across Generations advance restorative, healing-centered responses to law-breaking, strengthen communities, and promote opportunities for people to thrive.

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“Osborne has connected me with other people who are raising their grandkids because their kids are incarcerated or have passed away. I can get tips from other parents, and that helps me. And with the kids, they took them to a Black history museum, the wind tunnel, and different things that I wouldn’t have been able to take them to.”

Blonca, whose family participates in programming at Osborne Buffalo

Learn more about Osborne Buffalo here