Prisoner support and education. Providing legal updates to prisoners, their family members and the general public.

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.

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

Grassroots umbrella organization for all groups, organizations and individuals dedicated to prison reform in California.

Non-profit international human rights group. Educates on alternatives to the death penalty worldwide, with a special focus on the USA. Offers free webpages and penpal requests to death row inmates.

The CFCN provides information and referral services to support families during and after incarceration. Site includes contact information, links and numerous resources.

Membership organization for families and prisoners, with the goal of reforming the use of prison, and helping rehabilitate prisoners. Includes newsletter, campaign details, and contact details for chapters.

A private group of individuals and organizations concerned about justice in America. Includes mission statement, links, and background information on sentencing guidelines.

Helps formerly incarcerated women to continue with college by providing mentoring, counseling, stipends, and tutoring. Based at the City University of New York. [Flash]

A coalition seeking alternatives to mass incarceration. Includes news and membership information.

Chicago-based activist group that works against the brutality of control unit prisons. Site includes literature on prisons and racism, publications by the group, and links.

Lectures, workshops and consulting on substance abuse and related health and policy issues. Given in prisons in NY/NJ/CT areas by highly successful former prisoners and recovering addicts experienced in relapse prevention and motivational speaking.

Critical Resistance is a national organization dedicated to opposing the expansion of the prison industrial complex.

CUADP works to find alernatives to the death penalty through abolitionist campaigns to stop capital punishment. Many resources and links to other anti-death penalty groups.

Non-profit , membership advocacy organization for prisoners and their families.

Equal Justice USA works to abolish the death penalty through its Moratorium Now campaign; works for human rights in the U.S. justice system. Site includes news, campaign resources, and links.

National organization of citizens working to repeal federal and state mandatory sentencing laws that remove judicial discretion. Site includes news, photos, and background information.

FACTS's purpose is to amend the 3-Strikes law in California so it is only applicable to violent felonies. Site includes news, events calendar, links, and background information.

This is the web site of an organization dedicated to obtaining executive clemency for Stacey Ann Lannert, incarcerated for life in Missouri prisons for killing her sexually abusive father

HARP offers help and advice to relatives of prisoners in East Anglia, UK. As well as answering common questions about the subject the site has a databases of over 250 other organisations which can help.

Information on prison conditions around the world, international human rights standards applicable to prisoners, and prison-related activities of the U.N. and other organizations.

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

Assists governments and NGOs develop appropriate policies on prisons and the use of imprisonment. Based at Kings College in the UK. Publishes the World Prison Brief

Outreach and services to Jewish prisoners. Site includes information on their activities, pen pal program, How You Can Help section and links.

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.

Washington, D.C.-based think-tank committed to reducing society's reliance on incarceration.

A not-for-profit organization that advocates on behalf of female prisoners, ex-prisoners, and their families.

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.

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. Site includes contact information and details on the Vigil to Oppose the Rockefeller Drug Laws.

Two sons campaign to get executive clemency for their mother, 66-year-old Marie La Pinta, imprisoned in New York for nearly 19 years in connection with the shooting death of their father.

Arizona based non-profit advocacy organization. Includes campaign details and a review of recent legislation.

MVFR opposes the death penalty and works to change the criminal justice system. MVFR works actively in the areas of Public Education, Policy Reform and Victim Support. Includes history, upcoming events, and membership information.

The National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders. Works with ex-offenders, disadvantaged people and deprived communities. 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. Based in the UK.

Dedicated to Native American prisoners.

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

Many images to send as postcards. "Provides the opportunity to break out and escape the tedium of work, school or home using images of prison and punishment. A prisons bookstore is also available.

Information about the Prison Action Committee's work in Illinois to help ex-offenders reintegrate into society.

The source for progressive and radical information on prisons and the criminal prosecution system. Educational and activist resources, news, alerts and analysis.

Sends free literature books to prisoners throughout the USA. Includes mission statement, history and program restrictions.

A collective of volunteers distributing free books to U.S. prisoners. Northampton, MA based 501(c)3 non-profit.

Publishes The Prisons Handbook and maintains the Institute of Prison Law.

Produces original research on incarceration policy and the hidden impact of society's reliance on prisons as a catch-all response to social problems.

PAC's mission is to present a sociological connection between today's prisoners and yesterday's slaves. Articles, and advocacy.

Research on the prison industrial complex and crime control industry

A nation-wide directory of criminal justice ministries. Free listing to any criminal justice ministries. Web-sites for criminal justice ministries.

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

Rittenhouse works to develop healing transformative justice (instead of the retributive justice of our present criminal justice system). "We believe crime can become an opportunity to bring positive transformation into the lives of victims, offenders, and their families. Transformative justice addresses the needs of victims, offenders and communities by making our basic goal healing, NOT revenge!" Site includes info on Rittpals prison pen pals, JustRitt News, and International Conference on Penal Abolition.

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. Site includes news, contact information, and listing of services available.

Dedicated to combating the rape of male and female prisoners and providing such assistance as they can to survivors of jailhouse rape.

This non-profit organization sponsors diverse community services, such as The Prison Library Project, a Wellness by Design program, and educational and arts programming.

The Howard League works for humane and rational reform of the penal system. We research and comment on criminal justice policy and practice, holding conferences and debates, publishing books and reports. We also run projects in schools and prisons.

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.

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.

Information about crime, courts, sentencing, criminal justice policy analysis, punishment, alternatives to incarceration, jails, prisons, race, economic class, and reform. Technical assistance, training, publications available.

Membership organization in California that takes "mainstream, NOT radical efforts" to reform the prison system. Many resources and links.

Campaigns for better facilities for serving prisoners, and to support ex-offenders in rebuilding their lives. Includes campaign news.

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.

Offers advice and support to vegan inmates.

The Peoples' tool for effecting a representative government. Providing the essential tools for constituents to help themselves in realizing the needs of their community.

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. Based in Minneapolis, MN.