Links

Allies
	Local/Regional
	Aid to Inmate Mothers (AIM)
	Social and transitional services for incarcerated women in Alabama's Julia Tutwiler prison
	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
	Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers
	Legal services and education programs to help the families of women prisoners remain intact
	Critical Resistance New York City
	New York City branch of Critical Resistance, a national organization devoted to stopping the expansion of the Prison Industrial Complex
	Education Not Incarceration
	An organization fighting for public education, and against the increases in prison spending used as justification to slash the public education budget.
	Families to Amend California's Three-Strikes
	Statewide California organization working to amend California's Three Strikes law
	Free Battered Women
	Free Battered Women (formerly CCBWP), a project of the California Coalition for Women Prisoners, is a statewide grassroots coalition of dedicated individuals throughout CA working to end the re-victimization of battered women in prison.
	HIV/HCV in Prison Committee of California Prison Focus
	Works on behalf of prisoners with HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C to improve medical care inside California prisons
	The Jericho Movement, SF Bay Area
	Bay Area chapter of The Jericho Movement, a national grassroots organization working to raise awareness about and fight for the freedom of political prisoners and prisoners of war in the United States
	Prisoner Action Coalition
	A law student-based organization that advocates to improve conditions in California prisons and provides limited legal assistance to individual prisoners
	Western Prison Project
	Advocates for progressive prison reform and works within a seven state region: Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah and Nevada
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	National/International
	ACLU Prisoner Rights Project
	National branch of the ACLU involved in impact litigation regarding conditions of confinement
	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
	Dallas County Justice
	Testimonials and newspaper articles on the struggle for justice in Dallas County, TX, jails and courts.
	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
	Human Rights Watch Prison Project
	International watchdog organization that works with local partners to monitor conditions of detention around the world and pressures governments to bring the treatment of its prisoners into compliance with basic human rights standards
	Institute on Women & Criminal Justice
	A national center for dialogue, research, and information about criminal justice-involved women, their families and communities
	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 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 Activist Resource Center
	A resource center for progressive and radical information on prisoners and the criminal prosecution system
	Prison Legal News
	A monthly journal edited by a Washington state prisoner that covers 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
	Stop Prisoner Rape
	A small national organization dedicated to combatting the rape of prisoners; also provides limited assistance to survivors of jailhouse rape
	Women’s Prison Association
	The nation’s largest service and advocacy organization working directly with criminal justice-involved women
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Government
	California Board of Prison Terms
	California Department of Corrections
	California Department of Justice
	California Department of the Youth Authority
	U.S. Department of Justice: Bureau of Justice Statistics
	U.S. Department of Justice: Federal Bureau of Prisons