Beyond Exoneration
Proving innocence doesn't rebuild the life that was lost.
Someone who has been wrongfully incarcerated can lose decades of income, career development, savings, relationships, and ordinary life.
Then they're released into a world that kept moving without them.
Exoneration should come with a way forward.
Incarceration ends. The consequences don't.
Exoneration proves that someone should never have been imprisoned.
It doesn't restore the years they lost—or automatically provide what they need to begin again.
3,800+
People exonerated since 1989
Nearly 36,000
Years lost to wrongful conviction
Only 13 states
Have any mandated reentry assistance
Incarceration ends.
The consequences don't.
Exoneration proves that someone should never have been imprisoned.
It doesn't restore the years they lost—or automatically provide what they need to begin again.
3,800+
People exonerated since 1989
Nearly 36,000
Years lost to wrongful conviction
Only 13 states
Have any mandated reentry assistance
SUPPORTERS
Help someone rebuild after
wrongful conviction.
Your support provides practical financial assistance when an unexpected expense threatens the stability someone is
working to rebuild.
WRONGFULLY CONVICTED
Need financial assistance?
If you were wrongfully convicted and need help with an essential expense, Pruno may be able to provide up to $1,000 in short-term financial assistance.
SUPPORTERS
Help someone rebuild after
wrongful conviction.
Your support provides practical financial assistance when an unexpected expense threatens the stability someone is working to rebuild.
WRONGFULLY CONVICTED
Need financial assistance?
If you were wrongfully convicted and need help with an essential expense, Pruno may be able to provide up to $1,000 in short-term financial assistance.
SUPPORTERS
Help someone rebuild after
wrongful conviction.
Your support provides practical financial assistance when an unexpected expense threatens the stability someone is
working to rebuild.
WRONGFULLY CONVICTED
Need financial assistance?
If you were wrongfully convicted and need help with an essential expense, Pruno may be able to provide up to $1,000 in short-term financial assistance.
Exonerees can fall through the very systems designed to help people returning from prison.
Because they may not be on parole or probation, exonerees can be excluded from reentry services that provide housing, employment, and other transition support.
Compensation isn't guaranteed. When it is available, it can take years.
But rebuilding starts on day one.
LEGAL JUSTICE
The wrongful conviction is overturned.
FINANCIAL JUSTICE
The years taken are compensated.
HUMAN JUSTICE
A person has the resources, relationships, and opportunities to build a life again.
The legal system is designed to address the conviction. It isn't designed to rebuild everything the conviction took away.
What does it mean to rebuild a life?
It can mean keeping the lights on. Paying a month's rent. Repairing the car that gets you to work. Getting medical care. Finding stability long enough to figure out what comes next.
That's where Pruno comes in. We provide short-term financial assistance and a community that understands that freedom is only the beginning.
Exonerees can fall through the very systems designed to help people returning from prison.
Because they may not be on parole or probation, exonerees can be excluded from reentry services that provide housing, employment, and other transition support.
Compensation isn't guaranteed. When it is available, it can take years.
But rebuilding starts on day one.
We view freedom through three lenses of justice.
LEGAL JUSTICE
The wrongful conviction is overturned.
FINANCIAL JUSTICE
The years taken are compensated.
HUMAN JUSTICE
A person has the resources, relationships, and opportunities to build a life again.
The legal system is designed to address the conviction. It isn't designed to rebuild everything the conviction took away.
What does it mean to rebuild a life?
It can mean keeping the lights on. Paying a month's rent. Repairing the car that gets you to work. Getting medical care. Finding stability long enough to figure out what comes next.
That's where Pruno comes in. We provide short-term financial assistance and a community that understands that freedom is only the beginning.
Roderic's Story
Roderic's Story
THE WORK, IN REAL LIFE
Pruno has distributed more than $130,000 toward rent, utilities, food, transportation, and medical costs and has served exonerees in 21 states overall.
2026 Impact
30
people received
financial assistance
Over $27,000
provided for immediate needs
14
states reached across
the country
75%
supported housing or utilities
A grant may be short-term. Its impact doesn't have to be.
Help close the gap after exoneration.
A wrongful conviction can take years from a person's life.
Freedom can't return those years.
But what happens next can be different.
Your support helps an exoneree meet an immediate need, regain stability, and begin building what comes next.
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