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Links and Resources

July 21st, 2011 |

Most descriptions come from the source and might not reflect the opinion of Virginia C.U.R.E.    Links which fall under multiple categories are listed in each.

Affiliates

Art, Writings and General Interest

  • Dennis Sobin The Website of Dennis Sobin
  • Journal of Prisoners on Prisons JPP is a prisoner written, academically oriented and peer reviewed, non-profit journal, based on the tradition of the penal press.
  • Prison Art Prisoner Made Arts and Crafts for Sale
  • Prison Flicks Reviews and discussion about women-in-prison movies, prison dramas, prison adventures, and post-apocalyptic action.
  • Serving Time, Serving Others A book about Acts of Kindness by Inmates, Prison Staff, Victims, and Volunteers
  • Shackled Voices Shackled Voices is the website where you can help inmates voice their opinions, ideas and leave messages for legal help and publish testimonies of their everyday conditions.
  • The Prison Creative Arts Project The Prison Creative Arts Project’s mission is to collaborate with incarcerated adults, incarcerated youth, urban youth and the formerly incarcerated to strengthen our community through creative expression.

Assistance for Families of Prisoners

Connections and Correspondence

  • Jewish Pen Pals The website of the Pen Pal coordinator for the 5000+ Jewish men and women in prison who have been forgotten by their own friends and families, and are isolated from their Jewish roots.
  • PrisonerLife.com PrisonerLife.com is the gateway for all United States prisoners, ex-offenders, and those going to prison to communicate with Internet users and expand their networks of support.

Corrections Agencies Institutions Organizations

  • American Correctional Association (ACA) ACA is the oldest and largest international correctional association in the world.
  • Corrections.com Information about Corrections Policies and Resources.
  • Federal Bureau of Prisons The Bureau of Prisons protects society by confining offenders in prisons and community-based facilities that are safe, humane, cost-efficient, appropriately secure, and that provide work and other self-improvement opportunities to assist offenders in beco
  • National Institute of Corrections Provides training, technical assistance, information services, and policy/program development assistance to federal, state, and local corrections agencies.

Directories

Government Agencies

  • Bureau of Justice Statistics Justice Statistics and Documents available from the Office of Justice
  • Criminal Justice/ Mental Health Consensus Project Promotes effective data-driven practices — particularly in areas in which the criminal justice system intersects with other disciplines, such as public health — to affect a particular public safety problem.
  • Department of Corrections Virginia Department of Corrections Home Page
  • Department of Corrections Resources and Links Virginia Department of Corrections Resources and Links
  • Federal Bureau of Prisons The Bureau of Prisons protects society by confining offenders in prisons and community-based facilities that are safe, humane, cost-efficient, appropriately secure, and that provide work and other self-improvement opportunities to assist offenders in beco
  • FedStats: Single Source for Federal Statistics Making statistics from more than 100 agencies available to citizens everywhere
  • National Institute of Corrections Provides training, technical assistance, information services, and policy/program development assistance to federal, state, and local corrections agencies.
  • National Prison Rape Elimination Commission The NPREC was a bipartisan panel created by Congress as part of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003. The Commission was charged with studying federal, state and local government policies and practices related to the prevention, detection, response and
  • Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission The purposes of the Commission are to assist the judiciary in the imposition of sentences by establishing a system of discretionary guidelines and to establish a discretionary sentencing guidelines system which emphasizes accountability of the offender an
  • Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) The mission of the Department of Criminal Justice Services is to improve and promote public safety in the Commonwealth.
  • Virginia General Assembly Virginia’s law making body.
  • Virginia Parole Board To conditionally release inmates who are parole eligible, to revoke parole and post release supervision of those under supervision found to be in violation of the terms of their release, and to investigate, prepare reports and advise the Governor, when r
  • Virginia State Crime Commission The Commission shall endeavor to ascertain the causes of crime and recommend ways to reduce and prevent it, explore and recommend methods of rehabilitation of convicted criminals, study compensation of persons in law enforcement and related fields and stu

Information about Law and Legal Matters

Information and Activism about Crime Control and Causes of Crime

  • Center for Community Alternatives The Center for Community Alternatives (CCA) is a leader in the field of community-based alternatives to incarceration.
  • International Network of Prison Ministries The website with a purpose to bring under one Internet roof all Prison Ministries involved in crime prevention and in the rehabilitation through the Word of God worldwide.
  • National Families in Action A Guide to Drug-Related State Ballot Initiatives.
  • S-A-L-T: Social Action Linking Together Social Action Linking Together(SALT) is a parish based network of persons in the Catholic Diocese of Arlington, Virginia trying to bring the social and economic teachings of the church to bear on public policy and legislation, especially at the local and
  • Stop It Now Stop It Now! prevents the sexual abuse of children by mobilizing adults, families and communities to take actions that protect children before they are harmed.
  • Substance Abuse and Addiction Recovery Alliance (SAARA) SAARA of Virginia is a grassroots recovery community organization.
  • The Osborne Association The Osborne Association offers opportunities for individuals who have been in conflict with the law to transform their lives through innovative, effective, and replicable programs that serve the community by reducing crime and its human and economic costs
  • Urban Institute A non-partisan economic and social policy research organization.
  • US Dream Academy Empower children who are at risk of incarceration to maximize their potential by providing them with academic, social and values enrichment though supportive mentoring and the use of technology.
  • Vera Institute of Justice The Vera Institute of Justice combines expertise in research, demonstration projects, and technical assistance to help leaders in government and civil society improve the systems people rely on for justice and safety.
  • Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) The mission of the Department of Criminal Justice Services is to improve and promote public safety in the Commonwealth.
  • Virginia General Assembly Virginia’s law making body.
  • Virginia Organizing Project A statewide grassroots organization dedicated to challenging injustice by empowering people in local communities to address issues that affect the quality of their lives.
  • Virginia State Crime Commission The Commission shall endeavor to ascertain the causes of crime and recommend ways to reduce and prevent it, explore and recommend methods of rehabilitation of convicted criminals, study compensation of persons in law enforcement and related fields and stu

Information and Activism about Law Enforcement

  • Bureau of Justice Statistics Justice Statistics and Documents available from the Office of Justice
  • CATO institute The Cato Institute is a public policy research organization — a think tank — dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets and peace.
  • Flex Your Rights Educating the public about how basic Bill of Rights protections apply during encounters with law enforcement.
  • Virginia Organizing Project A statewide grassroots organization dedicated to challenging injustice by empowering people in local communities to address issues that affect the quality of their lives.
  • Virginia State Crime Commission The Commission shall endeavor to ascertain the causes of crime and recommend ways to reduce and prevent it, explore and recommend methods of rehabilitation of convicted criminals, study compensation of persons in law enforcement and related fields and stu

Information and Activism about Prison Conditions & Prisoner Rights

  • Appalshop Appalshop is a multi-disciplinary arts and education center in the heart of Appalachia, and host of the radio show Hollar to the hood, a story-telling project for urban and rural communities.
  • Bureau of Justice Statistics Justice Statistics and Documents available from the Office of Justice
  • California Coalition for Woman Prisoners The CCWP raises public consciousness about the cruel and inhumane conditions under which women in prison live and advocates for positive changes.
  • CATO institute The Cato Institute is a public policy research organization — a think tank — dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets and peace.
  • FCN – Family and Corrections Network NRCCFI at FCN is the oldest and largest organization in the U.S. focused on children and families of the incarcerated and programs that serve them.
  • Federal CURE FedCURE is the world’s leading advocate for America’s, ever growing, federal inmate population.
  • Human Rights Watch – Prison and Detention Conditions Research and Articles about US Prison and Detention Conditions.
  • International Centre for Prison Studies The International Centre for Prison Studies assists governments and other relevant agencies to develop appropriate policies on prisons and the use of imprisonment. ICPS has an academic partnership with the University of Essex.
  • Just Detention International A health and human rights organization that seeks to end sexual abuse in all forms of detention.
  • National Commission on Correctional Health Care Improving the quality of health care in jails, prisons and juvenile confinement facilities.
  • National Prison Rape Elimination Commission The NPREC was a bipartisan panel created by Congress as part of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003. The Commission was charged with studying federal, state and local government policies and practices related to the prevention, detection, response and
  • Native American Indian Spiritual Freedom in Prison Information about Randall Trapp, et al. v. Commissioner DuBois, et al.
  • Prison Activist Resource Center (PARC) PARC is a prison abolitionist group committed to exposing and challenging all forms of institutionalized racism, sexism, able-ism, heterosexism, and classism, specifically within the Prison Industrial Complex (PIC).
  • Prison Legal News An independent 48-page monthly publication that reports, reviews and analyzes court rulings and news related to prisoner rights and prison issues.
  • Prison Rape Resources A Directory of Prison Rape Resources.
  • Prisoners and HIV/AIDS The Complete HIV/AIDS resource for the Incarcerated.
  • Private Prisons and Prison Labor Information about the prison industry.
  • Shackled Voices Shackled Voices is the website where you can help inmates voice their opinions, ideas and leave messages for legal help and publish testimonies of their everyday conditions.
  • The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics brings together data from more than 200 sources about many aspects of criminal justice in the United States.

Information and Activism About Re-Entry

  • Appalshop Appalshop is a multi-disciplinary arts and education center in the heart of Appalachia, and host of the radio show Hollar to the hood, a story-telling project for urban and rural communities.
  • National Center on Institutions and Alternatives The NCIA provides individual care, concern, and treatment for emotionally disturbed youth, developmentally disabled adults and adolescents, and those involved in the criminal justice system.
  • National H.I.R.E. Network To increase the number and quality of job opportunities available to people with criminal records.
  • Offender Aid and Restoration of Richmond OAR enhances public safety by providing individuals and families affected by incarceration with transition services that support safe and successful reintegration into the community.
  • Offender Solutions S.O.S. is a fellowship of individuals from every walk of life that are dedicated to the recovery of S*x Offenders,
  • The Catholic Diocese of Richmond Prison Ministry The Prison Ministry of the Diocese of Richmond seeks to ensure a pastoral presence at Virginia correctional facilities and to provide continued support to offenders re-entering society.
  • The Fortune Society The Fortune Society’s mission is to support successful reentry from prison and promote alternatives to incarceration, thus strengthening the fabric of our communities
  • The Osborne Association The Osborne Association offers opportunities for individuals who have been in conflict with the law to transform their lives through innovative, effective, and replicable programs that serve the community by reducing crime and its human and economic costs
  • The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics brings together data from more than 200 sources about many aspects of criminal justice in the United States.

Information and Activism about Sentencing

  • Center for Community Alternatives The Center for Community Alternatives (CCA) is a leader in the field of community-based alternatives to incarceration.
  • Dennis Sobin The Website of Dennis Sobin
  • Drug Policy Alliance Working to End the War on Drugs
  • Families Against Mandatory Minimums Families Against Mandatory Minimums is the national voice for fair and proportionate sentencing laws.
  • Federal CURE FedCURE is the world’s leading advocate for America’s, ever growing, federal inmate population.
  • FedStats: Single Source for Federal Statistics Making statistics from more than 100 agencies available to citizens everywhere
  • Forfeiture Endangers American Rights A national nonprofit organization dedicated to reform of federal and state asset forfeiture laws
  • Fully Informed Jury Association To inform all Americans about their rights, powers, and responsibilities when serving as trial jurors.
  • Human Rights and the Drug War (HRDW) Dedicated to the nonviolent Prisoners of the Drug War, to their families, and to all who work for their freedom and to restore respect for all Human Rights.
  • Legal Action Center The Legal Action Center is the only non-profit law and policy organization in the United States whose sole mission is to fight discrimination against people with histories of addiction, HIV/AIDS, or criminal records, and to advocate for sound public polic
  • NORML Working to Reform Marijuana Laws
  • Prison Activist Resource Center (PARC) PARC is a prison abolitionist group committed to exposing and challenging all forms of institutionalized racism, sexism, able-ism, heterosexism, and classism, specifically within the Prison Industrial Complex (PIC).
  • Prison Policy Initiative The Prison Policy Initiative documents the impact of mass incarceration on individuals, communities, and the national welfare in order to empower the public to improve criminal justice policy.
  • Prisoners of the Census Calling for an end to prison based gerymandering.
  • PrisonSucks.com Research on the crime control industry.
  • Private Prisons and Prison Labor Information about the prison industry.
  • Proposed Criminal Justice Legislation VA Yahoo! Group for posting proposed legislation ideas in the area of criminal justice reform in Virginia.
  • Reform Sex Offender Laws (RSOL) of Virginia Seeking Justice and Safety for All Virginians
  • The Criminal Justice Policy Foundation The Criminal Justice Policy Foundation is a private, non-profit educational organization that promotes solutions to the problems facing the criminal justice system.
  • The Drug Library The world’s largest on-line library of drug policy.
  • The Fortune Society The Fortune Society’s mission is to support successful reentry from prison and promote alternatives to incarceration, thus strengthening the fabric of our communities
  • The November Coalition The November Coalition is a non-profit organization of grassroots volunteers educating the public about the destructive increase in prison population in the United States due to our current drug laws.
  • The Prison Moratorium Project (PMP) Research and Articles about the Prison industry.
  • The Sentencing Project promotes reduced reliance on incarceration and increased use of more effective and humane alternatives to deal with crime.
  • The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics brings together data from more than 200 sources about many aspects of criminal justice in the United States.
  • Urban Institute A non-partisan economic and social policy research organization.
  • Vera Institute of Justice The Vera Institute of Justice combines expertise in research, demonstration projects, and technical assistance to help leaders in government and civil society improve the systems people rely on for justice and safety.
  • Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission The purposes of the Commission are to assist the judiciary in the imposition of sentences by establishing a system of discretionary guidelines and to establish a discretionary sentencing guidelines system which emphasizes accountability of the offender an
  • Virginia General Assembly Virginia’s law making body.
  • Virginia Organizing Project A statewide grassroots organization dedicated to challenging injustice by empowering people in local communities to address issues that affect the quality of their lives.
  • Virginia Parole Board To conditionally release inmates who are parole eligible, to revoke parole and post release supervision of those under supervision found to be in violation of the terms of their release, and to investigate, prepare reports and advise the Governor, when r
  • Virginia State Crime Commission The Commission shall endeavor to ascertain the causes of crime and recommend ways to reduce and prevent it, explore and recommend methods of rehabilitation of convicted criminals, study compensation of persons in law enforcement and related fields and stu
  • Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (VADP) is a statewide citizens’ organization dedicated to educating the public about alternatives to the death penalty.

Information or Activism about the Death Penalty

Self Help and Education

  • Federal Bureau of Prisons The Bureau of Prisons protects society by confining offenders in prisons and community-based facilities that are safe, humane, cost-efficient, appropriately secure, and that provide work and other self-improvement opportunities to assist offenders in beco
  • Ohio University's College Program for the Incarcerated (CPI) Ohio University’s College Program for the incarcerated (CPI) provides an opportunity for incarcerated students to work for college credit and degrees by correspondence.
  • Prison Librarianship Clearinghouse A gateway to that branch of Special Librarianship dealing with library services to the incarcerated in the United States and Canada.
  • PrisonEducation.com Fighting Recidivism One Class at a Time…
  • The Correctional Education Association (CEA) The Correctional Education Association (CEA), founded in 1945, is a non-profit, professional association serving educators and administrators who provide services to students in correctional settings.
  • The Correctional Education Company The Correctional Education company, founded by Errol Craig Sull in 1990, produces correctional educational materials and programs that are used extensively in correctional institutions and community organizations throughout the United States.
  • The Prison Creative Arts Project The Prison Creative Arts Project’s mission is to collaborate with incarcerated adults, incarcerated youth, urban youth and the formerly incarcerated to strengthen our community through creative expression.

Spiritual and Moral Support

  • Augusta Veterans Support Group This web site was designed to inform the general public at large of the Augusta Veterans Support Group.
  • Chaplain Service Chaplain Service’s many volunteer programs and religous activities provide inmates with an opportunity to interact with positive role models, and learn how to give, rather than take from society.
  • Chicken Soup for the Prisoner's Soul 101 Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit of Hope, Healing and Forgiveness.
  • International Network of Prison Ministries The website with a purpose to bring under one Internet roof all Prison Ministries involved in crime prevention and in the rehabilitation through the Word of God worldwide.
  • Jewish Pen Pals The website of the Pen Pal coordinator for the 5000+ Jewish men and women in prison who have been forgotten by their own friends and families, and are isolated from their Jewish roots.
  • Kingsway a non-profit organization that spreads the word of Jesus Christ to inmates, ex-offenders, and their families.
  • Native American Indian Spiritual Freedom in Prison Information about Randall Trapp, et al. v. Commissioner DuBois, et al.
  • Prison Congregations of America A ministry that seeks to “plant” denominationally recognized congregations in prisons all over the country.
  • Prison Fellowship (PF) To exhort and serve the Body of Christ in prisons and in the community in its ministry to prisoners, ex-prisoners, victims and their families; and in its advancement of biblical standards of justice in the criminal justice system.
  • S-A-L-T: Social Action Linking Together Social Action Linking Together(SALT) is a parish based network of persons in the Catholic Diocese of Arlington, Virginia trying to bring the social and economic teachings of the church to bear on public policy and legislation, especially at the local and
  • Serving Time, Serving Others A book about Acts of Kindness by Inmates, Prison Staff, Victims, and Volunteers
  • The Catholic Diocese of Richmond Prison Ministry The Prison Ministry of the Diocese of Richmond seeks to ensure a pastoral presence at Virginia correctional facilities and to provide continued support to offenders re-entering society.