Benevolence Farm directly supports formerly incarcerated people with housing, employment, and wellness support on 13-acres in the rural South. Our community members inform us of our advocacy efforts. By meeting our collective basic needs, including belonging, we are disrupting cycles of punishment and harm, and instead building dignified communities of accountability and care.
Benevolence Farm provides safe and dignified housing to formerly incarcerated women and gender expansive people the day they come home from prison or jail.
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In their first jobs after prison, residents re-adjust to the workforce within a supportive community here at Benevolence Farm. We grow herbs and flowers that are then infused into our body care products. Everyone receives a living wage from Day 1.
Residents set their own goals, focusing on areas like mental health, substance use recovery, family, and much more.
Formerly incarcerated people reveal patterns of what is needed as one returns from prison. Benevolence Farm co-creates responses that inform policy, narrative, and our very own community-based services. These responses guide our coalitional work, state legislative advocacy, and public-facing educational efforts.
Learn more about advocacy & outreachInvite us to speak about reentry, housing, and how we build safer, dignified communities across rural North Carolina.
Contact usWomen and trans people can apply from prison or within three months after release. All conviction histories are welcome.
Apply for Residency$25 supplies a Freedom Meal (first meal out of prison). $47 provides a new birth certificate, critical for IDs and benefits. $100 creates a welcome home kit for a new resident.