The Yuva Ekta Foundation has been working with Young Offenders and ‘Children in Conflict with Law’ for more than a decade. Using a foray of Expressive Arts, we have conducted several interventions with the intent to make young people more accountable for their actions and create safe spaces where they can express themselves without fear or judgement. The last two years have been integral in this regard. Our research project not only revealed critical insights about the impact of Expressive Arts in building Emotional Intelligence with Young Offenders, but also helped us establish warm and loving human connections with the Boys. When the pandemic began, our visits to the Home stopped instantly. After a couple of months when we re-established a regular connection at the Place of Safety, most of the boys we had been working with for over a year, were up on parole/bail, given the new norms of social distancing. We knew that our work with them wasn’t yet complete. With the uncertainty of the world outside, we also didn’t feel comfortable having no contact with them after their interim release. What started was a gradual cycle of getting in touch with some of our released participants. A few contacted us on their own, wanting to keep the chain of communication alive. Through weeks of coordinating and connecting, we decided to keep Tuesday mornings as our workshop day. Anyone from this group who would like to join us for an Expressive Arts activity, was welcome. This was “testing time”. Not only were we dealing with a lack of institutional support to organize a session, there were also circumstances at one’s residence that kept many participants away. The lack of resources at varying moments, coupled with a lack of space, kept many from completely immersing themselves in the workshop experience. Despite these multitudes of challenges, we still managed to get 5-6 regular participants to these sessions. Even if some were not able to participate, they were more than open to sharing their experiences and stories with us. The transition of this space has been seamless. Many of the boys who we have worked with are now either trying to find work or have enrolled into full time employment. Yet, despite their busy schedules, we find time to catch up with each other once every fortnight. We give each other updates about our life and work, and make sure that the space for expression is open. Our effort during the Pandemic has been to provide a much-needed space for emotional health and well-being in these times of uncertainty. This space has taken a form of its own. We hope to be in continuous touch with more of our participants, and keep this network of well-being, alive and thriving, extending a hand of support that they can trust. We also see this as the foundation stone of one of our intended outcomes – starting a post-release care program with young offenders to ensure their effective rehabilitation and reintegration into mainstream society.