The Open Society Institute (OSI) is accepting letters of inquiry from groups seeking funding from the Sentencing and Incarceration Alternatives Project.

The project supports programs that seek alternatives to prison, reduce the length of criminal sentences, limit the growth of prisons, mobilize communities to seek changes to public policy regarding incarceration, and eliminate class and racial disparities in sentencing and imprisonment.

Deadline is open. Advocacy groups, associations of elected officials, community-based groups, nonprofit business associations, government agencies, and research and scholarly institutions may apply.

For more details, contact Christina Voight at OSI, 4000 West 59th St., New York, NY 10019; 212-548-0600; e-mail cvoight@sorosny.org.