What is the Empathy Project?

Empathy Project is when fashion meets resistance.

Born from eight years of work inside prisons, it is a response to an
inhumane system that punishes instead of repairing.

Trough a simple t-shirt, we make a powerful statement: connection, respect, and solidarity can and must be worn, seen, and shared. By wearing it, you stand against appressive narratives and extend a hand to those society keeps invisible.

This is more than clothing - it's a collective act of empathy 🖤

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What we stand for:

  • Changing Perceptions

    We must deconstruct the stereotypes spread by media and political choices. We must bring the damaging reality of prison into focus. By wearing this t-shirt, you make the invisible visible and help shift mentalities.

  • Justice That Repairs

    Believing that our penal system solves crime is an illusion. More than 50% of convicted people reoffend. Many leave prison more vulnerable and in precarious situations-or worse, filled with resentment and anger.

  • Human Dignity

    We demand that incarcerated people be treated with respect and enjoy their fundamental rights equally with free citizens, especially in matters of health, justice, and civil rights.

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Impact of Your Purchase

30€ per t-shirt, 15€ donated directly to support detainees, 15€ covers production + VAT.

All profits are donated to the Service Laïque d’Aide au Justiciables et aux Victimes in Brussels to support cultural projects and training programs in prison.

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Punishment is not repair. We lock people up. But we do not heal. Neither the offenders. Nor society. We answer violence with violence. Nothing changes. And it starts again.

Empathy Project T-shirt Empathy Project T-shirt

Empathy Project T-shirt

Empathy Project T-shirt

30,00 €
30,00 €

Empathy is a human and political force. Today, more than ever, it is essential.

Remerciements

Ce projet n'aurait jamais vu le jour sans eux. Merci.

Thibault, mes amis, Triangle7, Waltex, Bootlegz Laboratory, mes collègues, ma direction et l'organe d'administration du Service Laïque d'aide aux Justiciables, Edith, Ellie, Estelle Parewijck, Kim, Julien V, Max et Violette.


Photographies en studio : Jean-Jacques de Neyer - Photographies en prison : Anne-Flore Mary