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• Books Through Bars, Providence

  https://sites.google.com/site/booksthroughbarsprovidence/
  Sends free reading material to inmates nationwide including targeted self-help and inspirational books upon request.

• Canadian Families and Corrections Network

  http://www.cfcn-rcafd.org/
  The CFCN provides information and referral services to support families during and after incarceration. Contact information, links and resources.

• Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants

  http://www.curenational.org/
  Membership organization for families and prisoners, with the goal of reforming the use of prison, and helping rehabilitate prisoners. Includes newsletter, campaign details, and contact details for chapters.

• College and Community Fellowship

  http://www.collegeandcommunity.org/
  Helps formerly incarcerated women to continue with college by providing mentoring, counseling, stipends, and tutoring. Based at the City University of New York. [Flash]

• Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition

  http://www.ccjrc.org/
  A coalition seeking alternatives to mass incarceration. Includes news and membership information.

• Critical Resistance

  http://www.criticalresistance.org/
  Critical Resistance is a national organization dedicated to opposing the expansion of the prison industrial complex.

• CURE, Virginia

  http://virginiacure.weebly.com/
  Non-profit , membership advocacy organization for prisoners and their families.

• Ella Baker Center

  http://www.ellabakercenter.org/
  Works to expose and end the over-incarceration of youth and build a "bottom-up" movement to transform the entire criminal justice system. Oakland, California.

• Families Against Mandatory Minimums

  http://www.famm.org/
  National organization of citizens working to repeal federal and state mandatory sentencing laws that remove judicial discretion. News, photos, and background information.

• Federal Cure

  http://www.fedcure.org/
  A nonprofit US organization that works on behalf of federal prisoners. Includes newsletters and state chapters' contact details.

• Independent Custody Visiting Association

  http://www.icva.org.uk/
  A UK organisation for local community members who check on the welfare of people in police custody, by visiting police stations unannounced.

• Inside These Walls

  http://www.members.tripod.com/TheFreedomTrain/ITWframe.html
  Gives the perspective of an ex-offender who has seen the Illinois Department of Corrections policies.

• International Centre for Prison Studies

  http://www.prisonstudies.org/
  Assists governments and NGOs develop appropriate policies on prisons and the use of imprisonment. Based at Kings College in the UK. Publishes the World Prison Brief

• Just Detention International

  http://www.justdetention.org/
  Dedicated to combating the rape of male and female prisoners and providing such assistance as they can to survivors of jailhouse rape.

• JUSTICE ACTION - Australia

  http://www.justiceaction.org.au/
  Information concerning New South Wales prisons and statistics, extensive criminal justice links and resources, JA issues and campaigns, Framed magazine and the International Conference on Penal Abolition and others.

• Justice Policy Institute

  http://www.justicepolicy.org/
  Washington, D.C.-based think-tank committed to reducing society's reliance on incarceration.

• Koch Crime Institute

  http://www.kci.org/
  A privately-funded research and policy organization which studies the criminal justice system and identifies the best ways to reduce and prevent crime, especially juvenile crime.

• Kunstler Fund for Racial Justice

  http://www.kunstler.org/
  The Fund supports the WMK Racial Justice Fellow at the Center for Constitutional Rights, celebrates our heroes at an annual awards evening, and makes grants to fierce and energetic projects to help guarantee the legacy of William Moses Kunstler. Contact information and details on the Vigil to Oppose the Rockefeller Drug Laws.

• Middle Ground Prison Reform, Inc

  http://www.middlegroundprisonreform.org/
  Arizona based non-profit advocacy organization. Includes campaign details and a review of recent legislation.

• Murder Victims Families For Reconciliation

  http://www.mvfr.org/
  MVFR opposes the death penalty and works to change the criminal justice system. MVFR works actively in the areas of Public Education, Policy Reform and Victim Support. Includes history, upcoming events, and membership information.

• NACRO

  http://www.nacro.org.uk/
  The National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders. Works with ex-offenders, disadvantaged people and deprived communities. Includes campaign news and events diary.

• Native American Prisoners Pen Pal Network

  http://members.tripod.com/~foltz.k/napppn/napppnhome.html
  Dedicated to Native American prisoners.

• Prison Action Committee Community Re-Entry Program

  http://www.members.tripod.com/TheFreedomTrain/CRPabout.html
  Information about the Prison Action Committee's work in Illinois to help ex-offenders reintegrate into society.

• Prison Activist Resource Center

  http://prisonactivist.org/
  The source for progressive and radical information on prisons and the criminal prosecution system. Educational and activist resources, news, alerts and analysis.

• Prison Book Program

  http://www.prisonbookprogram.org/
  Sends free books to prisoners throughout the USA. Includes mission statement, history and program restrictions.

• Prison Inmates Online

  http://www.prisoninmates.com/
  Offers prison pen pals, an email to snail mail service, and a directory of businesses who provide inmate services. Features mission statement, testimonials and inmate profiles with photos.

• Prison Observatory

  http://www.prisonobservatory.org/
  Provides information on the activities of the CPT (European Committee for the Prevention of Torture).

• Prison Policy Initiative

  http://www.prisonpolicy.org/
  Produces original research on incarceration policy and the hidden impact of society's reliance on prisons as a catch-all response to social problems.

• Prisons Org UK Ltd

  http://prisons.org.uk/
  Publishes The Prisons Handbook and maintains the Institute of Prison Law.

• PrisonSucks.Com

  http://www.prisonsucks.com/
  Research on the prison industrial complex and crime control industry

• Restorative Justice Ministry Network of Texas

  http://www.rjmntexas.net/
  A nation-wide directory of criminal justice ministries. Free listing to any criminal justice ministries. Web-sites for criminal justice ministries.

• Restorative Justice Online

  http://www.restorativejustice.org/
  A clearing house of information including research tools, bibliographies, training, tutorials and expert articles.

• The Claremont Forum - The Prison Library Project

  http://www.claremontforum.org/
  This non-profit organization sponsors diverse community services, such as a library project, a Wellness by Design program, and educational and arts programming.

• The Howard League for Penal Reform

  http://www.howardleague.org/
  Works for humane and rational reform of the penal system. They research and comment on criminal justice policy and practice, holding conferences and debates, publishing books and reports. They also run projects in schools and prisons.

• The November Coalition

  http://www.november.org/
  The November Coalition is a non-profit, grassroots organization which is educating the public about the destructive increase in prison population in the United States due to our current drug laws.

• The Real Cost of Prisons Project

  http://www.realcostofprisons.org/
  Explores the immediate and long-term costs of incarceration on the individual, their family, community and the nation. Includes discussion papers and details of workshops.

• The Sentencing Project

  http://www.sentencingproject.org/
  Information about crime, courts, sentencing, criminal justice policy analysis, punishment, alternatives to incarceration, jails, prisons, race, economic class, and reform. Technical assistance, training, publications available.

• UNLOCK - National Association of Ex-Offenders

  http://unlock.org.uk/
  Campaigns for better facilities for serving prisoners, and to support ex-offenders in rebuilding their lives. Includes campaign news.

• Vegan Prisoners Support Group

  http://www.vpsg.org/
  Offers advice and support to vegan inmates.

• Women's Prison Association

  http://www.wpaonline.org/
  Committed to helping women with criminal justice histories see new possibilities for themselves and their families.

 

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