California
The Beat Within
Weekly newsletter of writing and art from inside San Francisco’s juvenile hall
California Coalition for Women Prisoners
A grassroots organization fighting for the rights of incarcerated women; publishes The Fire Inside, a bi-monthly newsletter by and about women prisoners.
California Prison Focus
A grassroots organization working to stop human rights violations, improve medical care, and end isolation units in California prisons
California Prison Moratorium Project
Grassroots organization that works to stop prison construction
Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB)
An alliance of organizations concerned with state budget priorities and dedicated to reducing the number of prisons and prisoners in California.
Center for Young Women’s Development
Peer-led employment, leadership and advocacy program for young low income women in San Francisco.
Families to Amend Three Strikes (FACTS)
Statewide California organization working to amend California’s Three Strikes Law
Justice Now
Law clinic focused on the needs of women prisoners in the areas of compassionate release, healthcare access, defense of parental rights, sentencing mitigation and placement in community programs.
Prison Activist Resource Center
A volunteer prison abolitionist group that exposes prison conditions and the role prisons play. Publishes a resource guide.
Prison Law Office
Nonprofit public interest law firm providing free legal services to California state prisoners. Publishes a legal manual “The California State Prisoners Manual” and online legal materials for prisoners and parolees.
Project WHAT! (“We’re Here And Talking”)
A training program staffed by youth that raises awareness about the effects of parental incarceration on children, with the long-term goal of improving services and policies that affect these children
San Francisco Children of Incarcerated Parents Partnership (SFCIPP)
A coalition of service providers, government agencies, advocates and others who work with or are concerned about children of incarcerated parents and their families
Stop the Injunctions Coalition
A diverse group of concerned community members fighting gang injunctions in Oakland and advocating for effective approaches to issues of crime and violence which address root causes.
Other Regions
Aid to Inmate Mothers (AIM)
Social and transitional services for incarcerated women in Alabama’s Julia Tutwiler prison
Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers
Legal services and education programs in Illinois to help the families of women prisoners remain intact
Dallas County Justice
Testimonials and newspaper articles on the struggle for justice in Dallas County, TX, jails and courts
Partnership for Safety and Justice
Advocates for progressive prison reform in Oregon
The Correctional Association of New York
Through monitoring, research, public education and policy recommendations, the Correctional Association strives to make the administration of justice in New York State more fair, efficient and humane.
National
ACLU Prisoner Rights Project
National branch of the ACLU involved in impact litigation regarding conditions of confinement
American Friends Service Committee
A Quaker organization devoted to service, development, and peace programs, including a special focus on prisons. AFSC opposes maximum security prisons, lockdowns and the death penalty, and works to improve prison conditions.
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
A national organization working to reduce society’s reliance on the use of incarceration as a solution to social problems
Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
A national organization working to end the death penalty in the United States though public education campaigns and tactical grassroots activism
Congress.org elected officials locator
Search engine for identifying state and federal legislators and executives by voting district
Critical Resistance
A national organization devoted to stopping the expansion of the Prison Industrial Complex
Death Penalty Focus
A national membership organization fighting against the death penalty
Drug Policy Alliance
Fights for drug policies based on science, compassion, health and human rights
Families Against Mandatory Minimums
National organization working to reform federal and state mandatory minimum sentencing laws
FedCURE
Focuses on advocacy on behalf of the federal inmate population
Freedom Archives
An organization that manages over 5000 hours of audio tape recordings from the late 60-s through the mid-90′s that chronicles the progressive history of the Bay Area, United States, and international solidarity movements
Institute on Women & Criminal Justice
A national center for dialogue, research, and information about criminal justice-involved women, their families and communities
Just Detentional International
A small national organization dedicated to combating the rape of prisoners; also provides limited assistance to survivors of jailhouse rape
Journal of Prisoners on Prisons
An academically-oriented journal written by and about prisoners in the United States
Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation
A national anti-capital punishment organization comprised of family members of murder victims
National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW)
An organization that works to secure the human and civil rights, health and welfare of all women, focusing particularly on pregnant and parenting women, and those who are most vulnerable – low income women, women of color, and drug-using women.
National Radio Project Prison Desk
Provides 29-minute shows and short segments committed to in-depth reporting on and critical analysis of incarceration in the United States and worldwide
The November Coalition
A grassroots organization working to expose the sham and end the War on Drugs
Prison Legal News
A monthly journal covering prison-related news and analysis from across the country and world
Real Cost of Prisons Project
Brings together prison/justice policy activists with political economists to create popular education workshops and materials which explore both the immediate and long-term costs of incarceration on the individual, her/his family, community and the nation
The Rebecca Project for Human Rights
A national legal and policy organization that advocates for public policy reform, justice and dignity for vulnerable families, including those dealing with incarceration.
TGI Justice Project (TGIJP)
An organization whose mission is to challenge and end the human rights abuses committed against transgender, gender variant/genderqueer, and intersex people in California prisons and beyond.
Women’s Prison Association
The nation’s largest service and advocacy organization working directly with criminal justice-involved women
Government
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
California Department of Justice
U.S. Department of Justice: Bureau of Justice Statistics
U.S. Department of Justice: Federal Bureau of Prisons
