Crime reduction through reform of the criminal justice system in America. CURE

How the "Drug War" has led to numerous imprisonments with little or no evidence except from "snitches," reducing their own sentences by fingering innocent (often black) people.

Native Web's views on spiritual freedom in U.S. prison

Authentic prison photos and prison art.

Super-Maximum Prison in Virginia. "The day I arrived I was told that I was at Red Onion now and if I act up they would kill me and there was nothing anyone could or would do about it."

Staffed primarily by ex-offenders, the society is a not-for-profit community-based organization dedicated to educating the public about prisons, criminal justice issues, and the root causes of crime. Helps ex-offenders and at-risk youth break the cycle of crime and incarceration through a broad range of services.

Prisons and prison law: including articles, case updates, a California prison primer and links on the death penalty and justice issues.

Red Onion State Prison was the first of two supermaximum security prisons to open in Virginia in the past year. Intended to hold the state's most dangerous inmates, Red Onion -- and its twin, Wallens Ridge State prison -- restrict inmate movement and activities to a far greater extent than in maximum security facilities.