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Human Rights Watch Prison Project: Prison Conditions and the Treatment of Prisoners - http://www.hrw.org/advocacy/prisons/
Information on prison conditions around the world, international human rights standards applicable to prisoners, and prison-related activities of the U.N. and other organizations. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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Restorative Justice Online - http://www.restorativejustice.org
A clearing house of information including research tools, bibliographies, training, tutorials and expert articles. |
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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. |
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Critical Resistance - http://www.criticalresistance.org
Critical Resistance is a national organization dedicated to opposing the expansion of the prison industrial complex. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Justice Policy Institute - http://www.justicepolicy.org
Washington, D.C.-based think-tank committed to reducing society's reliance on incarceration. |
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The Howard League for Penal Reform - http://www.howardleague.org
The Howard League works for humane and rational reform of the penal system. We research and comment on criminal justice policy and practice, holding conferences and debates, publishing books and reports. We also run projects in schools and prisons. |
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Stop Prisoner Rape - http://www.spr.org/
Dedicated to combating the rape of male and female prisoners and providing such assistance as they can to survivors of jailhouse rape. |
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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. |
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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. |
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CUADP - http://www.cuadp.org/
CUADP works to find alernatives to the death penalty through abolitionist campaigns to stop capital punishment. Many resources and links to other anti-death penalty groups. |
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Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition - http://www.ccjrc.org
A coalition seeking alternatives to mass incarceration. Includes news and membership information. |
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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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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. |
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Books Not Bars - http://www.booksnotbars.org/
Works to expose and end the over-incarceration of youth and build a "bottom-up" movement to transform the entire criminal justice system. |
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Women's Prison Book Project - http://www.prisonactivist.org/wpbp/
Provides women in prison with free reading materials covering a wide range of topics from law and education (dictionaries, and GED) to politics, history, and women's health. Based in Minneapolis, MN. |
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Prisoners' families help line - http://www.prisonersfamilieshelpline.org.uk
Offers help and advice to relatives of prisoners. Includes fact sheets and contact details. |
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PrisonSucks.Com - http://www.prisonsucks.com
Research on the prison industrial complex and crime control industry |
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Canadian Coalition Against the Death Penalty - http://www.ccadp.org/
Non-profit international human rights group. Educates on alternatives to the death penalty worldwide, with a special focus on the USA. Offers free webpages and penpal requests to death row inmates. |
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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. |
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Canadian Families and Corrections Network - http://www3.sympatico.ca/cfcn
The CFCN provides information and referral services to support families during and after incarceration. Contact information, links and resources. |
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Jewish Prisoner Services International - http://www.jewishprisonerservices.org
Outreach and services to Jewish prisoners. Information on their activities, pen pal program, How You Can Help section and links. |
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Equal Justice USA, A Project of the Quixote Center - http://www.quixote.org/ej/
Equal Justice USA works to abolish the death penalty through its Moratorium Now campaign; works for human rights in the U.S. justice system. News, campaign resources, and links. |
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Committee to End the Marion Lockdown - http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~kastor/ceml.html
Chicago-based activist group that works against the brutality of control unit prisons. Literature on prisons and racism, publications by the group, and links. |
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Prison Book Program - http://www.prisonbookprogram.org
Sends free literature books to prisoners throughout the USA. Includes mission statement, history and program restrictions. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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] |
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Northern California Service League - http://norcalserviceleague.org/
NCSL, a non-profit agency, works to reduce crime by providing counseling, job placement, Life Skills training, transitional housing, and social services to jail inmates, prisoners, and ex-offenders. Sections on programs and services, links, and contact information. |
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Restorative Justice Ministry Network - http://rjmn.net/
A nation-wide directory of criminal justice ministries. Free listing to any criminal justice ministries. Web-sites for criminal justice ministries. |
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The Claremont Forum - http://www.claremontforum.org/
This non-profit organization sponsors diverse community services, such as The Prison Library Project, a Wellness by Design program, and educational and arts programming. |
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Prison Observatory - A European Observatory on the penal system - http://www.prisonobservatory.org
Provides information on the activities of the CPT (European Committee for the Prevention of Torture). |
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Vegan Prisoners Support Group - http://www.vpsg.org
Offers advice and support to vegan inmates. |
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JusticeWorks Community - http://www.justiceworks.org/
A not-for-profit organization that advocates on behalf of female prisoners, ex-prisoners, and their families. |
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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. |
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Federal Cure - http://www.fedcure.org
A nonprofit US organization that works on behalf of federal prisoners. Includes newsletters and state chapters' contact details. |
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Prison Information UK - http://www.prisonshandbook.co.uk/
Publishes The Prisons Handbook and maintains the Institute of Prison Law. |
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Prison Book Project - http://www.prisonbooks.org/
A collective of volunteers distributing free books to U.S. prisoners. Northampton, MA based 501(c)3 non-profit. |
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Middle Ground Prison Reform, Inc - http://www.middlegroundprisonreform.org
Arizona based non-profit advocacy organization. Includes campaign details and a review of recent legislation. |
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Families to Amend California's Three-Strikes (FACTS) - http://facts1.live.radicaldesigns.org/
Working to amend the 3-Strikes law in California so it is only applicable to violent felonies. News, events calendar, links, and background information. |
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SHARP: Help and Advice for the Relatives of UK Prisoners - http://www.john-white.net/s-h-a-r-p/
Help and advice for the relatives and friends of UK prisoners and those accused of a crime, based in Shropshire England but available to anyone in the UK. Site includes news, contact information, and listing of services available. |
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United for No Injustice, Oppression or Neglect - http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Parliament/2398/home.html
Membership organization in California that takes "mainstream, NOT radical efforts" to reform the prison system. Many resources and links. |
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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. |
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After seventeen years - http://arpofasy.freeyellow.com/
Oregon-based prison reform organization - feels that the rules and regulations governing inmates' lives should be tempered with a little humanity, that prisons should be designed so that inmates have a chance to reshape their lives before they are released. |
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Upstate Coalition for Parole Restoration - http://hometown.aol.com/juniorpoo/upstateCPR.html
A grassroots organization which is working with legislation to change some of the current practices in the criminal justice system and the prison industrial complex. |