Community organizing for and among the formerly incarcerated refers to local social movements aiming to expand the social, economic, and political rights of persons with criminal records. In recent years, successful campaigns have grown in number, and included efforts to restore voting rights, to restore access to federal assistance, to regulate the use of employment records for job applications, or to reduce trial wait times (and jail population). Community organizing for and among the formerly incarcerated has its roots in progressive American religious traditions, and has been profoundly shaped by recent demographic changes and the shifting political landscape of the mass incarceration era.