CURE, Virginia

The CFCN provides information and referral services to support families during and after incarceration.

Conextions: Substance Abuse and Related Health and Policy Issues

A collective of volunteers distributing free books to U.

Stop Prisoner Rape

Women`s Prison Book Project

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Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition

Gives the perspective of an ex-offender who has seen the Illinois Department of Corrections policies.

NACRO

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.The Howard League works for humane and rational reform of the penal system.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.

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CUADP works to find alernatives to the death penalty through abolitionist campaigns to stop capital punishment. Educates on alternatives to the death penalty worldwide, with a special focus on the USA.FACTS`s purpose is to amend the 3-Strikes law in California so it is only applicable to violent felonies .

Koch Crime Institute

Arizona based non-profit advocacy organization.

Northern California Service League

Site includes sections on programs and services, links, and contact information.

PrisonSucks.Com

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Non-profit , membership advocacy organization for prisoners and their families.Lectures, workshops and consulting on substance abuse and related health and policy issues.Washington, D.

Prison Activist Resource Center

Committed to helping women with criminal justice histories see new possibilities for themselves and their families.

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After seventeen years

Offers free webpages and penpal requests to death row inmates.N. Site includes information on their activities, pen pal program, How You Can Help section and links.

Justice Policy Institute

The source for progressive and radical information on prisons and the criminal prosecution system .

UNLOCK - National Association of Ex-Offenders

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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.

Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants

Inside These Walls

A prisons bookstore is also available.Provides information on the activities of the CPT (European Committee for the Prevention of Torture).This non -profit organization sponsors diverse community services, such as The Prison Library Project, a Wellness by Design program, and educational and arts programming. We research and comment on criminal justice policy and practice, holding conferences and debates, publishing books and reports. Technical assistance, training, publications available.Membership organization in California that takes "mainstream, NOT radical efforts" to reform the prison system.

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S. justice system. MVFR works actively in the areas of Public Education, Policy Reform and Victim Support.

Postcards from Prison

Northampton , MA based 501(c)3 non-profit.

Prison Observatory - A European Observatory on the penal system

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Federal Cure

A nonprofit US organization that works on behalf of federal prisoners.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. Works with ex-offenders , disadvantaged people and deprived communities. Educational and activist resources , news, alerts and analysis.Sends free literature books to prisoners throughout the USA.

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Providing legal updates to prisoners, their family members and the general public. Based at the City University of New York. Includes news and membership information. and other organizations .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.Dedicated to Native American prisoners.Information about the Prison Action Committee`s work in Illinois to help ex-offenders reintegrate into society.

Prison Policy Initiative

A clearing house of information including research tools, bibliographies, training, tutorials and expert articles. Many resources and links.

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Membership organization for families and prisoners, with the goal of reforming the use of prison, and helping rehabilitate prisoners.

Critical Resistance

National organization of citizens working to repeal federal and state mandatory sentencing laws that remove judicial discretion .

Human Rights Watch Prison Project: Prison Conditions and the Treatment of Prisoners

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 .

Murder Victims Families For Reconciliation

Includes campaign news and events diary.Describing the work of Lay Visitors and issues surrounding Lay Visiting to Police Stations to check on the welfare of those in detention. "Provides the opportunity to break out and escape the tedium of work, school or home using images of prison and punishment.Produces original research on incarceration policy and the hidden impact of society`s reliance on prisons as a catch-all response to social problems. Site includes news, contact information, and listing of services available .

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Chicago-based activist group that works against the brutality of control unit prisons.

Families to Amend California`s Three-Strikes

Includes campaign details and a review of recent legislation.US-based organization that helps incarcerated and newly released women. Includes mission statement, history and program restrictions.

Prison Book Project

Web-sites for criminal justice ministries.

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SHARP: Help and Advice for the Relatives of UK Prisoners

We also run projects in schools and prisons.Campaigns for better facilities for serving prisoners , and to support ex-offenders in rebuilding their lives.

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AdvoCare Flash

Canadian Coalition Against the Death Penalty

JusticeWorks Community

The National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders .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.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.

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Many resources and links to other anti-death penalty groups. Given in prisons in NY/NJ/CT areas by highly successful former prisoners and recovering addicts experienced in relapse prevention and motivational speaking. Site includes news, photos, and background information. Site includes news, events calendar , links, and background information. Includes newsletters and state chapters` contact details.Outreach and services to Jewish prisoners.C.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. Free listing to any criminal justice ministries.

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Works to expose and end the over -incarceration of youth and build a "bottom-up" movement to transform the entire criminal justice system.

International Centre for Prison Studies

Petition to Revive Federal Parole

S. prisoners.Offers advice and support to vegan inmates.

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Books Not Bars

Site includes literature on prisons and racism, publications by the group, and links. Site includes contact information and details on the Vigil to Oppose the Rockefeller Drug Laws.

Vegan Prisoners Support Group

Women`s Prison Association

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Includes newsletter, campaign details, and contact details for chapters.Assists governments and NGOs develop appropriate policies on prisons and the use of imprisonment . Publishes the World Prison Brief

Includes history, upcoming events, and membership information.

United for No Injustice, Oppression or Neglect

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Equal Justice USA, A Project of the Quixote Center

Information on prison conditions around the world, international human rights standards applicable to prisoners, and prison-related activities of the U. Based in the UK.A nation-wide directory of criminal justice ministries .

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CUADP

Canadian Families and Corrections Network

Site includes contact information , links and numerous resources. [Flash]

Jewish Prisoner Services International

National Association for Lay Visiting

Native American Prisoners Pen Pal Network

Online petition to revive Federal parole for US inmates.

Prison Book Program

Restorative Justice Online

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Site includes news, campaign resources, and links.HARP offers help and advice to relatives of prisoners in East Anglia, UK.

Prison Information UK

Publishes The Prisons Handbook and maintains the Institute of Prison Law.Dedicated to combating the rape of male and female prisoners and providing such assistance as they can to survivors of jailhouse rape. Includes campaign news.

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Non-profit international human rights group.

College and Community Fellowship

Equal Justice USA works to abolish the death penalty through its Moratorium Now campaign; works for human rights in the U.

Families Against Mandatory Minimums

Kunstler Fund for Racial Justice

MVFR opposes the death penalty and works to change the criminal justice system. Includes list of services and calendar of events.Information about crime, courts, sentencing, criminal justice policy analysis, punishment, alternatives to incarceration, jails, prisons, race, economic class, and reform .

reintegrate advocare

A coalition seeking alternatives to mass incarceration.

Help and Advice for Relatives of Prisoners

As well as answering common questions about the subject the site has a databases of over 250 other organisations which can help.A not-for-profit organization that advocates on behalf of female prisoners, ex-prisoners , and their families.

The Howard League for Penal Reform

Upstate Coalition for Parole Restoration

Based in Minneapolis, MN.

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Prisoner support and education.Helps formerly incarcerated women to continue with college by providing mentoring, counseling, stipends, and tutoring.

Committee to End the Marion Lockdown

Based at Kings College in the UK.

Prison Action Committee Community Re-Entry Program

The Real Cost of Prisons Project

The Sentencing Project

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JUSTICE ACTION - Australia

-based think-tank committed to reducing society`s reliance on incarceration .

Middle Ground Prison Reform, Inc

National Women`s Prison Project, Inc.

Many images to send as postcards.

The Claremont Forum

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Critical Resistance is a national organization dedicated to opposing the expansion of the prison industrial complex.Research on the prison industrial complex and crime control industry

Restorative Justice Ministry Network

The November Coalition

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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