RESOURCE LIST IN PRISON REFORM

• Resources

• News. Alan Pogue in South America. CLICK FOR PDF copy.

• UN Feb 14, 2007 ,PowerPoint. CLICK

• A report on Justice. Organization of American States, Charles Sullivan. CLICK to download PDF file. 1.8MB

• Free ( ad-supported ) Government contacts software.

• Links to all 50 US Courts.

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• National Advocacy Organizations

• ACLU Capital Punishment Project 202-675-2312

• Amnesty International USA (program to abolish the death penalty) 202-675-8582

• Campaign for an Effective Crime Policy 202-628-1903

• Capital Punishment Research Project 334-693-5225

• Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty 800-973-6548

• Coalition for Federal Sentencing Reform 703-684-0373

• Convocation of Jail and Prison Ministers 760-323-6180

• Correctional Educational Association 800-783-1232

• Correctional Industries Association 410-837-5036

• Death Penalty Information Center 202-293-6970

• Equal Justice USA.(seeking a moratorium on the use of the death penalty) 301-699-0042

• Families Against Mandatory Minimums 202-822-6700

• Families of Murdered Victims for Reconciliation 617-868-0007

• Family and Corrections Network.

• Human Rights Watch 212-290-4700

• Jewish Prisoner Services International 206-985-0577

• Journey of Hope...From Violence to Healing 918-743-8119

• Justice Policy Institute (especially juvenile justice) 202-678-9282

• Justice Works Community (just and humane policies for women prisoners) 718-499-6704

• Legal Services For Prisoners with Children 415-255-7036

• National Campaign to Stop Control Units 201-643-3192

• National Center on Institutions and Alternatives 703-684-0373

• National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty 202-387-3890

• National Council on Crime and Delinquency 415-896-6223

• National Interreligious Task Force 214-824-8680

• New York Correctional Association 212-254-5700

• NEWS BRIEFS/National Drug Strategy Network 202-312-2015

• November Coalition/mass imprisonment not the answer to drug problem 509-684-1550

• Organizing the Religious Community Against the Death Penalty 215-241-7127

• Prison Congregations of America 605-624-8330

• Project Hope to Abolish the Death Penalty 334-499-2380

• Restorative Justice Institute 703-404-1246

• The Center on Crime, Communities & Culture 212-548-0135

• The Sentencing Project 202-628-0871

• The Workman's Fund (Providing Inmate Training through Private Enterprise) 913-651-7949

• World Organization Against Torture USA 202-861-6494

• Youth Law Center 202-637-0377

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• Advocacy Newsletters

• Catholics Against Capital Punishment 301-652-1125

• Family & Corrections Network REPORT (804) 589-3036

• Justicia 716-325-7727

• Resist Newsletter (Funding Social Change) (617) 623-5110

• Graterfriends 610-239-7720

• Coalition for Prisoners' Rights Newsletter 505-982-9520

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• Advocacy Publications

• California Prison Focus 415-252-9211

• Correct Care by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care 773-880-1460

• ICCA Justice Committee News/International Community Corrections Assoc. 608-785-0200

• Free Speech TV 888-550-FSTV

• GAINS (for People with Co-Occurring Disorders in the Justice System) 800-311-4246

• Justice Quarterly (Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences) 800-757-ACJS

• National Prison Project of the ACLU (update on litigation) 202-234-4830

• OPEN, Inc. (Offender Preparation and Education Network) 972.271.1971 / 1.800.966.1966

• Prison Legal News (Working to extend Democracy to All) 206-761-6524

• The Angolite Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, LA 70712
  225-655-4411 strictly for business calls with media, academia, criminal justice officials,
  publications and organizations.

• The Echo, POB 99, Huntsville, TX 77342-0099

• The Prison Mirror, 970 Pickett St. N., Bayport, MN 55003-1490

• Inside Journal (The Hometown newspaper of America's Prisoners) 703-478-0100

• Biddle Publishing Co (many prison reform books) 888-315-0582

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• Services

• Federal Bonding Program (provides insurance bonds for ex-prisoners) 888-266-3562

• Death Penalty Information Center 202-293-6970

• National Criminal Justice Reference Service 800-851-3420

• National Institute of Justice (more information on girl scout troops in prisons) 202-514-6205

• Prisoner Visitation and Support (volunteers visit federal prisoners) 215-241-7117

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• Books

• A Promise of Justice (the 18 year fight to save four innocent men from execution) 212-633-5910

• A Sin Against the Future (Imprisonment in the World) 202-429-0440

• American Jails: Looking to the Future 800-366-2665

• Beyond Punishment (A New View on the Rehabilitation of Criminal Offenders) 800-225-5800

• Breaking Silence: voices of mothers in prison 718-499-6704

• Finding Freedom: Writings from Death Row 877-479-6129

• Houses of Healing (A Prisoner's Guide To Inner Power And Freedom) 617-267-3121

• Juries: Conscience of the Community 510-596-8160

• Last One over the Wall: The Massachusetts Experiment in Closing Reform Schools 800-437-4439

• Life Sentences (prisoner journalists report on prison life, sex, violence, executions, etc.) Published by Times Books/Random House, Inc.

• Outsiders Looking in: How to Keep from Going Crazy When Someone you Love Goes to Jail, POB 6012, Fresno, CA 93703-6012

• Penal Abolition (the practical choice) 416-630-7581

• Prison Madness: The Mental Health Crisis Behind Bars 888-378-2537

• Search and Destroy: African American Male in the Criminal Justice System 800-872-7423

• The Celling of America (An inside look at the U.S. Prison Industry) 207-525-0900

• The Real War on Crime the ground-breaking and definitive report 800-331-3761

• And So I Began To Listen To Their Stories... Working with Women in the Criminal Justice System 518-439-7415

• We're All Doing Time 919-304-2220

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