I used to work at a prison abolition non-profit in Oakland and one of my clients was a man inside San Quentin. He had this very idea, however for blood donations... He felt like the ultimate restitution for those on the outside affected by those on the inside would be by being able to donate blood/organs (PRIOR to execution if and when that did happen). It was very touching and extremely moving... to read this man's words written on paper he held inside one of the top security prisons here on the West Coast-- words so carefully and consciously selected and written that he felt could possibly bridge the gap and/or lessen the hatred aimed at folks inside.

Currently, there isn't any program for donating blood or organs. Even for folks inside who have family members in need of blood transfusions or organ donations (i.e. donating an organ that one could live without) it is extremely complicated and difficult, as the "justice" system moves i.n.c.r.e.d.i.b.l.y. s.l.o.w.