| 1 in 100 | a blog dedicated to shedding light on the prison problem in America |
| AACAP | AACAP is the leading national medical association dedicated to treating families affected by childhood and adolescent mental illnesses. Follow/RT endorsement. |
| AACONS | Topical political commentary from cultural & conservative perspectives. Hashtags #acon & #AACON. Radio shows: http://bit.ly/aPhDjd & http://bit.ly/ca16Xr #TCOT |
| ACLU National Prison Project | Handle class action suits involving prison conditions and related issues in state and federal institutions. Litigation is usually limited to cases involving major class actions challenging prison conditions or otherwise of national significance. Also provide advice and materials to individuals or organizations involved in prison issues. Do not handle cases on behalf of individual prisoners or post-conviction cases. Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (CJCJ) |
| AFP | Lower taxes, more economic freedom! Together with over 2.3 million activists we are advancing prosperity for every American. RT does not = endorsement |
| ALEC | ALEC is the nations largest individual membership association of state legislators, supporting limited government, free markets and federalism. |
| ASIAN LAW CAUCUS | The mission of the Asian Law Caucus is to promote, advance, and represent the legal and civil rights of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) communities. Recognizing that social, economic, political and racial inequalities continue to exist in the United States, the Asian Law Caucus is committed to the pursuit of equality and justice for all sectors of our society, with a specific focus directed toward addressing the needs of low-income, immigrant and underserved APIs. Since the vast majority of Asians and Pacific Islanders in America are immigrants and refugees, the Caucus strives to create informed and educated communities empowered to assert their rights and to participate actively in American society. This perspective is reflected in our broad strategy which integrates the provision of legal services, educational programs, community organizing initiatives and advocacy. www.asianlawcaucus.org To Get Connected |
| Abby | Re-thinking the U.S. Criminal Justice System |
| Act for Juvenile Justice! Coalition | ACT 4 Juvenile Justice (ACT4JJ) is a campaign of the National Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Coalition composed of juvenile justice, child welfare and youth development organizations exploring opportunities related to the reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA), scheduled for 2007. |
| Alcoholics Anonymous | |
| Ali A. Akbar | I build organizations and network good people together. Professionally in politics, content, design and technology. Lead @ViceAndVictory and @Club. |
| Allen West | Former Congressman, retired Army Lieutenant Colonel and author of Guardian of the Republic |
| AlterNet | AlterNet is a progressive news magazine and online community http://t.co/f4LPGamU |
| American Bar Association, Juvenile Justice Committee | The American Bar Association Juvenile Justice Committee develops Continuing Legal Education programs for juvenile justice practitioners, develops policies to further national juvenile justice reform, and coordinates selection of the Livingston Hall Juvenile Justice Award. This website contains information on the ABA position on numerous issues related to juvenile justice as well as current juvenile justice news. |
| American CO | The mission and purpose of American Correctional Officer is to promote the well being and safety of publicly employed Correctional Officers. |
| American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) | See the listing of state affiliates for services available in your area. |
| American Correctional Association (ACA) | The American Correctional Association offers training, support and operational standards to correctional facilities. RT endorsement. |
| American Diabetes Association | The American Diabetes Association provides educational resources about diabetes to prisoners and information about the legal rights of prisoners with diabetes. Information is available in English and Spanish. The American Diabetes Association does not provide direct legal representation. |
| American Institutes for Research | AIRs mission is to conduct and apply the best behavioral and social science research and evaluation towards improving peoples lives, with a special emphasis on the disadvantaged. |
| American Justice | The most sacred duties of a government is to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens. |
| American Probation and Parole Association | The American Probation and Parole Association is an international association composed of members from the United States, Canada and other countries actively involved with probation, parole and community-based corrections, in both adult and juvenile sectors. All levels of government including local, state/provincial, legislative, executive, judicial, and federal agencies are counted among its constituents. Educators, volunteers and concerned citizens with an interest in criminal and juvenile justice are also among APPAs members. |
| American Psychiatric Foundation | At the American Psychiatric Foundation (APF), our mission is advancing mental health, overcoming mental illness, and eliminating stigma. |
| American Psychological Association | |
| American University | American University creates meaningful change in the world. With highly ranked schools and colleges and internationally recognized faculty, AU offers a balance between class time and career-advancing experience in Washington, D.C., and beyond. Its students, among the countrys most politically active, distinguish themselves for their service, leadership, and ability to rethink global and domestic challenges and opportunities. |
| Amnesty International | An independent worldwide movement working for the international protection of human rights. Seeks the release of men and women detained because of their beliefs, ethnic origin, language, or religious creed, provided they have not used violence (prisoners of conscience). Works for a fair and prompt trial for all political prisoners and work on behalf of such people detained without charge or trial. Opposes the death penalty, torture or other inhumane treatment of prisoners. For prisoners who have been ill-treated by prison personnel, will provide a Questionnaire on Torture and Ill-treatment. (Do not send transcripts.) Publishes numerous reports on human-rights violations around the world, including death-penalty reports. Write for complete list. All AI reports are available on the website. |
| AmnestyInternational | Welcome to the official profile of the International Secretariat of Amnesty International. Find out about our human rights campaigns and get involved! |
| Anthropoliteia | critical perspectives on police, security, crime, law and punishment around the world |
| AntiPrison AntiHarm | Anti-Prison, Anti-Harm: We are the campaign to end Mass Incarceration and the Prison Industrial Complex. |
| BLACK COALITION ON AIDS | The Black Coalition on AIDS (BCA) focuses on reducing health disparities in the Black community, most notably, the spread of HIV/AIDS. BCA strives to achieve this focus by providing health and wellness services including, but not limited to, transitional housing, health education, advocacy, health case management and other health-promoting activities. www.bcoa.org To Get Connected |
| Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law | The mission of the Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law is to protect and advance the rights of adults and children who have mental disabilities. The Center envisions an America where people who have mental illnesses or developmental disabilities exercise their own life choices and have access to the resources that enable them to participate fully in their communities. The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law uses a coordinated approach of litigation, policy analysis, coalition-building, public information and technical support for local advocates in four broad areas of advocacy: advancing community membership; promoting self-determination; ending the punishment of people with mental illnesses for the system failures; and preserving rights. |
| Between the Bars | Bobby Hossain a Youth Worker, Motivational Speaker and Author of Between The Bars. His Passion is helping offenders find the Ability To Change..... |
| Beyond Bars | @BraveNewFilms: Justice campaign to end mass incarceration in the U.S. Join us in promoting fairer, more cost-effective approaches to public safety. |
| Bikers Against Child Abuse | Bikers Against Child Abuse (BACA) exists with the intent to create a safer environment for abused children. We exist as a body of Bikers to empower children to not feel afraid of the world in which they live. We stand ready to lend support to our wounded friends by involving them with an established, united organization. We work in conjunction with local and state officials who are already in place to protect children. We desire to send a clear message to all involved with the abused child that this child is part of our organization, and that we are prepared to lend our physical and emotional support to them by affiliation, and our physical presence. We stand at the ready to shield these children from further abuse. We do not condone the use of violence or physical force in any manner, however, if circumstances arise such that we are the only obstacle preventing a child from further abuse, we stand ready to be that obstacle. |
| Bruce Reilly | Legal strategist, policy consultant, activist, and artist organizing nationally to beat back the Prison Industrial Complex. From prison to law school, and... |
| Bryant McGill | Best-Selling Author, Speaker and Activist in the Fields of Self-Development, Personal Freedom & Human Rights http://t.co/Smd16g0RLB http://t.co/FukrZvWW2g |
| Building Blocks for Youth | Building Blocks for Youth was a partnership between the Youth Law Center, American Bar Association Juvenile Justice Center, W. Haywood Burns Institute, Juvenile Law Center, Justice Policy Institute, Minorities in Law Enforcement, National Council on Crime and Delinquency, and Pretrial Services Resource Center. The goals of the initiative were to reduce overrepresentation and disparate treatment of youth of color in the justice system and promote fair, rational and effective juvenile justice policies. The site contains pertinent resources on DMC. |
| Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice | BJAs mission is to provide leadership and services in grant administration and criminal justice policy development to support local, state, and tribal justice strategies to achieve safer communities. BJA supports programs and initiatives in the areas of law enforcement, justice information sharing, countering terrorism, managing offenders, combating drug crime and abuse, adjudication, advancing tribal justice, crime prevention, protecting vulnerable populations, and capacity building. |
| CBKBank | The Cost-Benefit Knowledge Bank provides information on cost-benefit analysis in the field of criminal justice. |
| CIR | Journalism that makes a difference. Presented by The Center for Investigative Reporting, a nonprofit newsroom. Tweets by @colegoins @meghannCIR @juliachanb. |
| CJA | Campaigning to end prison overcrowding and reduce the prison population. We are an alliance of 70 organisations in crime and justice field. |
| CROCUS | The Center for Research on Children in the United States (CROCUS) was established in 2001 with start-up funds from the Foundation for Child Development and is joint venture between the Georgetown Public Policy (GPPI) and the Georgetown University Department of Psychology. CROCUS places significant emphasis on graduate education, combining training in public policy analysis with coursework in developmental psychology to offer an unusual educational program to students seeking careers at the intersection of developmental science and public policy. CROCUS research is primarily focused on early childhood education, including research on pre-K programs, child care programs, and Head Start. Faculty and students have also examined child traffic fatalities, juvenile justice, and the strategies of child advocacy groups, among other research projects. The current focus of CROCUS is the Oklahoma Pre-K program, which now reaches a higher percentage of four-year-olds than any other pre-K program in the U.S. |
| Campaign for Prison Phone Justice | The Campaign for Prison Phone Justice is challenging prison phone kickbacks and the U.S. Prison Telephone Industry. |
| Campaign for Youth Justice | The Campaign for Youth Justice is a national campaign dedicated to ending the practice of trying, sentencing and incarcerating children under the age of 18 in the adult criminal justice system by empowering those moved to act for justice. |
| Carl Dix | Carl Dix, Vietnam-era war resister,revolutionary & speaker, and co-founder, October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, & Stop Mass Incarceration Network. |
| Casey Family Programs | Casey Family Programs is the nations largest operating foundation focused on safely reducing the need for foster care and building Communities of Hope for children and families across America. Founded in 1966, we work in 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to influence long-lasting improvements to the safety and success of children, families and the communities where they live. |
| Center for Children and Families | The Center for Children and Families (CCF) is uniquely focused on the pressing issues of lack of health insurance for children and low income adults. It develops and disseminates research, strategies and ideas to improve the health of Americas low and moderate income children and families. In particular, the Center examines policies and implementation issues with respect to Medicaid and the State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), employer-based coverage, and public-private coverage initiatives. CCF also analyzes and monitors how federal policy developments and state-based initiatives are affecting the health care coverage of Americas families. CCF is based in Georgetown University Health Policy Institute. |
| Center for Childrens Law and Policy | The Center for Childrens Law and Policy (CCLP) is a public interest law and policy organization focused on reform of juvenile justice and other systems that affect troubled and at-risk children, and protection of the rights of children in those systems. The Center work covers a range of activities including research, writing, public education, media advocacy, training, technical assistance, administrative and legislative advocacy, and litigation. |
| Center for the Study of Social Policy | The Centers work is concentrated in the areas of family and childrens services; income supports, neighborhood-based services, education reform, family support, disability and health care policy, and long term care for the elderly. In all of its work, the Center emphasizes several common themes: (1) an approach based on outcomes accountability; (2) community service strategies that reach across categorical boundaries and are community owned; (3) new forms of state/local governance; (4) more flexible financing strategies, linked to results; and (5) attention to the human resources and other capacity-building needs required for human services systems to perform effectively. All of these efforts provide different "entry points" to a common purpose: to help states and localities implement creative and effective strategies that create opportunities to strengthen families and ensure that children grow up healthy, safe, successful in school, and ready for productive adulthood. |
| Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (CJCJ) | The CJCJ runs the Sentencing Service Program (SSP) -the foremost advocate of incarceration alternatives in Northern California. CJCJ provides testimony and disposition case advocacy for youths facing commitment to Californias youth correctional institutions or direct file transfer to adult court. In addition, CJCJ offers training and technical assistance to juvenile justice systems on developing incarceration alternatives. SSP staff also consults on a wide array of adult cases ranging from alternate placements to capital punishment mitigation. The organizations expertise with the juvenile institutions provides additional insight in adult cases where the client is a long-time participant in the justice system. Prisoners and persons facing imprisonment who are interested in SSP services should have their attorneys contact Catherine McCracken. CJCJ also publishes a wide variety of articles and booklets on prison conditions, the criminal justice system, and other issues. See Publications section for a complete list. |
| Centurion Ministries | Only handles cases in which a prisoner has been sentenced to either death or life in prison without parole, cases in which a prisoner has exhausted most or all appeals, and cases in which a prisoner is claiming absolute innocence. No self-defense or accidentaldeath cases. |
| Change.org | http://t.co/qNCLKybN is the worlds largest petition platform. Our mission is to empower people everywhere to create the change they want to see. |
| Child Action NW | Inspiring Lives, Changing Futures |
| Child Stats, Forum on Children and Family Statistics | The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics (Forum) is a collection of 22 Federal government agencies involved in research and activities related to children and families. The Forum was founded in 1994 and formally established in April 1997 under Executive Order No. 13045. The mission of the Forum is to foster coordination and collaboration and to enhance and improve consistency in the collection and reporting of Federal data on children and families. The Forum also aims to improve the reporting and dissemination of information on the status of children and families. |
| Child Trends | Child Trends is a non-profit research organization that collects, analyzes, and distributes data with the goal of improving outcomes for children. The organization works on issues pertaining to such issues as child poverty, child welfare, early childhood development, education, health, and demographic trends. |
| Child Trends Databank | This one-stop-shop for the latest national trends and research on over 100 key indicators of child and youth well-being, with new indicators added each month, is provided by Child Trends. |
| Child Welfare League of America | CWLA is an association of nearly 800 public and private nonprofit agencies that assist more than 3.5 million abused and neglected children and their families each year with a range of services. This website houses national data, CWLA research, publications and newsletters, and information on CWLA advocacy, programs, and initiatives. |
| Childrens Defense Fund | The Childrens Defense Fund Leave No Child Behind® mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. CDF provides a strong, effective voice for all the children of America who cannot vote, lobby, or speak for themselves. We pay particular attention to the needs of poor and minority children and those with disabilities. CDF encourages preventive investment before children get sick or into trouble, drop out of school, or suffer family breakdown. CDF began in 1973 and is a private, nonprofit organization supported by foundation and corporate grants and individual donations. CDF has never taken government funds. |
| Chris Cuomo | 2014 is the year to #dobetter CNN Anchor, New Day 6-9AM Instagram: chrisccuomo |
| Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE) | Organize prisoners, their families and other concerned citizens to achieve reforms in the criminal-justice system. CURE has a presence in 40 states. See listings for individual states in this directory or write for complete listing of addresses of state chapters. Do not handle individual cases. |
| Coalition for Juvenile Justice | The Coalition for Juvenile Justice (CJJ) is a national nonprofit association representing governor-appointed advisory groups on juvenile justice from the U.S. states, territories and the District of Columbia. Beginning in 2005, CJJ is also the host and sponsor of the growing National Juvenile Justice Network (NJJN). CJJs principal mission is to build safe communities one child at a time by ensuring that all children and families are treated fairly and given the resources and support to be positive and productive contributors to society. |
| Colorlines.com | Colorlines is a daily news site where race matters, featuring award-winning investigative reporting and news analysis. |
| Community Oriented Policing Services, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice | COPS the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services is the office of the U.S. Department of Justice that advances the practice of community policing in Americas state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies. COPS does its work principally by sharing information and making grants to police departments around the United States. |
| Conrad N. Hilton Foundation | The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation is a family foundation established in 1944 by the man who started Hilton Hotels. We provide funds to nonprofit organizations working to improve the lives of disadvantaged and vulnerable people throughout the world. |
| Conservative Intel | Political intelligence, conservative perspective. Sign up for our weekly newsletter, The Briefing. |
| Corporation for National and Community Service | |
| CorrectionalNews | The official tweet of Correctional News magazine. See our sister tweets @GreenBuildNews, @HCOnews, @SchoolBuildNews |
| CorrectionsOne | The #1 Corrections online resource for news, training and videos. Find us on Facebook (http://t.co/vfBK9XFLmo) & Google+ (http://t.co/Xns09IuhzG) too! |
| Count the Costs | Calling on governments to count the costs of half a centurys war on drugs and explore the alternatives. |
| Courthouse News | With reporters in over 2,000 courts, Courthouse News covers legal developments in all 50 states, including new litigation, hearings and appellate decisions. |
| Criminal Justice | A http://t.co/6SxuAAJk8j hub for taking action on all sorts of criminal justice issues. Check us out! http://t.co/hPstJwTA4Y |
| Critical Resistance | a national grassroots organization working to end societys reliance on imprisonment, policing & surveillance as responses to social & economic problems |
| Dave McClure | Improving criminal justice @UrbanInstitute w/ research, tech, data & science. Also enjoy handiwork, racquet sports, fishing, wine, jazz & blues. Opinions mine |
| David Limbaugh | A lawyer, nationally syndicated columnist, political commentator, NYT bestselling author, and brother of radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh. |
| Death Penalty Focus | Death Penalty Focus is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating the public about the death penalty and its alternatives. |
| Death Row News | Account based to provide facts and information to the public about current and past events on Death Row. |
| Deborah Dupr | Human Rights Reporter/Author, #Ifollowback RT Truth, Justice, Liberty, Need not greed. |
| Department of Justice | |
| Detention Watch | News, events & updates from our national coalition that works to educate the public & policymakers about US immigration detention/deportation system |
| Douglas Holtz-Eakin | President of the American Action Forum (@AAF), Fmr. CBO Director, and @twizzlers fanatic. |
| Drug Policy Alliance | The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) is the nations leading organization promoting drug policies that are grounded in science, compassion, health and human rights. |
| EBA | To facilitate reform within systems serving high-risk youth through performance-based contracts that reduce costs and improve outcomes. |
| EBP 101 | Evidence-Based Practices 101. Sifting through the data and finding What Works...a probation officers perspective. |
| EJI | Equal Justice Initiative, Director Bryan Stevenson |
| EMLA | Were the Emerging Millennials Leadership Alliance: a new human rights think tank & political action committee. We start with mass incarceration. #WeCantWait |
| Elizabeth Zitrin | VP, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty - civil libertarian - San Franciscan - lawyer - lefty - foodie |
| Ella Baker Center | The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights organizes people-powered campaigns to #EndMassIncarceration and advance #JusticeReinvestment. Follow our ED @ZachWNorris. |
| Employment and Training Agency, U.S. Department of Labor | The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) administers federal government job training and worker dislocation programs, federal grants to states for public employment service programs, and unemployment insurance benefits. These services are primarily provided through state and local workforce development systems. |
| End Prison Slavery | Slavery is alive and well in America today, even under the nose of the first black US president. |
| Equal Justice USA | EJUSA cuts through the polarization to build a criminal justice system that works. For everyone. |
| Eric Cantor | I represent Virginias 7th District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Welcome to my official @Twitter account! |
| Eugene Puryear | Revolutionary, political commentator, activist, lover of books, author of Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America. |
| ExOffenderReEntry | A website for exoffenders and those still incarcerated - books, games, kits, posters, DVDs about job search, life skills, daily living, and more. |
| Expungement USA | |
| Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) | Work to change mandatory sentencing laws. Provide information about the laws and how to change them. Offers a newsletter, FAMM-gram. Contributions accepted. |
| Families USA | Families USA is a national nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health care for all Americans. Working at the national, state, and community levels, Families USA has earned a national reputation as an effective voice for health care consumers for 25 years. |
| FedCURE | FedCURE is the worlds leading advocate for Americas, ever growing, federal inmate population. FedCURE works to reinstate parole, increase good time allowances, provide for compassionate releases, restore PELL grants and opportunities for successful reentry into the community for all federal offenders; and promote a system that incarcerates fewer people and provides humane conditions for those who are incarcerated or under post-incarceration supervision via parole or supervised release. |
| Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) | |
| Fight Crime | 5,000 Police Chiefs, Sheriffs, Prosecutors, and Violence Survivors Preventing Crime and Violence. |
| Ford Foundation | The Ford Foundation supports visionary leaders and organizations on the frontlines of social change worldwide. |
| Foreign Policy | The magazine for global politics, economics and ideas. Most tweets by @emmacarew & @reidstan. Follow our staff: https://t.co/NwozHZtGy0 |
| ForfeitureReform | Americans for Forfeiture Reform works to change abusive civil forfeiture laws at the state and federal level. |
| Fortune Society | Ex-offender self-help program. Provide educational programs, general counseling, HIVAIDS assistance, employment services, housing, and court advocacy. Publishes Fortune News, free to prisoners upon request. |
| Friends of Justice | FOJ is a nonprofit organization that works to uphold due process for all Americans. Our goal is to build a public consensus for ending mass incarceration. |
| From the Inside Out | Documentary on the work of former inmates to reform the criminal justice system. |
| GOP Conf Policy Team | The latest updates, documents, and resources from the House Republican Conference Policy Team. |
| Gamblers Anonymous | GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from a gambling problem. |
| Gary Sinise | Actor/co founder Steppenwolf Theatre. Bass player, GS & Lt Dan Band, http://t.co/YWlKFijraK Founder Gary Sinise Foundation |
| Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development | The Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development is a division of Georgetown Universitys Department of Pediatrics. The mission the GUCCHD is to bring together policy, research and clinical practice for the betterment of individuals and families, especially children, youth and those with special needs including: developmental disabilities and special health care needs, mental health needs, young children and those in the child welfare system. The Center is committed to developing comprehensive service delivery systems that are family centered, culturally competent, community-based and embrace inclusive practices. It implements its work through value based strategies that effect partnerships, collaborative approaches, participatory action and translational research, linking of research to policy and practice, and creation of accessible knowledge. The Center primary goals include ensuring effective services and supports within comprehensive service delivery systems for all individuals, especially children, youth and their families, and those with special needs and engaging in comprehensive service system development for all children and their families in the District of Columbia. |
| Gideon Alerts | Gideon Alerts is the nations leading source of news about evolving developments in ensuring the right to counsel. (Links & RTs not necessarily endorsements.) |
| Gideon at 50 | On the 50th anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright, make sure that qualified defense counsel is in place in every American courtroom, in every case. |
| Girls and BoysTown | While ministering to the homeless on the streets of Omaha, Nebraska, Father Edward Joseph Flanagan developed a lifelong interest in young people and their struggle to grow into responsible, productive members of society. Today, with your help, we continue Father Flanagans mission of saving children and healing families. - See more at: http://www.boystown.org/about#sthash.66l12daP.dpuf |
| Global Youth Justice | GLOBAL YOUTH JUSTICE @JuvenileCrime Champions Volunteer Driven Youth Justice and Juvenile Justice Diversion Programs Teen/Youth/Student/Peer Court and Jury. |
| Goldwater Institute | Abstracts in white papers dont make people freer--real wins in the rough-and-tumble policy arena do. Thats why youll never find us sitting on the sidelines. |
| Goodwill Industries | Goodwill strives to enhance the dignity and quality of life of individuals and families by helping people reach their full potential through education, skills training and the power of work. |
| GreenliningInstitute | The Greenlining Institute is a national policy, organizing, and leadership institute working for racial and economic justice. |
| GriefNet | |
| Grier Weeks | Director, National Association to PROTECT Children @protect Opinions my own. |
| HRFRefugees | Human Rights Firsts Refugee Protection Program, advocating for rights-based reforms to the refugee, asylum & immigration detention systems. RTs endorsements. |
| Hip Hop Justice | Hosts Dr. Scott Washington and Stevie Stylez discuss legal and justice related news with hip hop music. Tune in Wednesdays 6 - 8 PM Eastern time on Party 934! |
| Hoover Institution | The Hoover Institution, within Stanford University, is a public policy research center promoting the principles of individual, economic, and political freedom. |
| Hope Line | Since the suicide of his wife Kristin in April 1998, KBHC Founder Reese Butler has been on a personal crusade. His mission the past 11 years has been to offer HOPE and the option to LIVE to those in the deepest emotional pain. |
| Human Rights Watch | Conduct fact-finding investigations into human-rights abuses in all regions of the world. Working with local partners, monitor conditions of detention around the world. Publish findings in books and reports. |
| I Love My Inmate | Together we can stop the dehumanization of inmates. http://t.co/4aqoj8xx (Retweets are not necessarily endorsements) |
| IACFP | The International Association for Correctional and Forensic Psychology (IA4CFP) Twitter. |
| InRoll | Rock & Roll, Progressive Rock, Classic Rock, Hard Rock, Jazz Fusion, Psychedelic, Instrumental & Brazilian Songs. InRoll |
| Incarcerated Voices | We will illuminate the humanity that exists within US prisons through an interactive radio show. We provide incarcerated people a voice in the media. |
| IndependentInstitute | Non-profit, non-partisan public policy research boldly advancing peaceful, prosperous, and free societies. |
| InjusticeNews2 | National Prisoner and Detainee Rights News Feed |
| InmateAid | For inmates and the people who love them |
| Innocence Matters | The innocent should not be in jail and mistakes should be corrected with all due haste! |
| InstituteForJustice | The Institute for Justice is the national law firm for liberty. Follow IJ: protect property, economic liberty, free speech and school choice! |
| International Prison Ministry | Helps other jail and prison ministries obtain Bibles, Bible Study books, Lifechanging books and greeting cards at affordable, reduced prices. Provide free Bibles, Bible Study and Lifechanging books to prisoners. Free to inmates who write in. |
| Investigative News | The Investigative News Network is a nonpartisan organization advancing sustainability & excellence in nonprofit journalism. |
| Irvin Waller | Sharing knowledge to prevent violent crime and advance crime victim rights. His books persuade legislators to innovate. He wins international awards. |
| JPay | JPay is the most trusted source for connecting incarcerated individuals with family and friends. Learn more at http://t.co/WHLRorTC8E. |
| Jean Trounstine | Author/editor of 5 published books, professor & prison activist. Blog @BostonMagazine.com and @JusticeWithJean. |
| Jim DeMint | President of The @Heritage Foundation, former U.S. Senator (R-S.C.), father of 4, author of Falling in Love with America Again. |
| John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation | The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, the Foundation works to defend human rights, advance global conservation and security, make cities better places, and understand how technology is affecting children and society. - See more at: http://www.macfound.org/about/#sthash.WMXqleVC.dpuf |
| John Roman | Senior Fellow, Justice Policy Center, Urban Institute. I research innovative crime and justice policies and programs. All opinions are my own. |
| Jonathan Silberberg | Producer and Director. Made in America for @Sho_Network, @Paradiselost3 for @HBODocs. @radicalmedia |
| Jonathan Simon | Just published book- Mass Incarceration on Trial Berkeley Law Professor Director, Center for the Study of Law & Society |
| Joshua Lowther | Federal criminal and asset forfeiture defense attorney with a national practice. |
| Just Detention International | Just Detention International (JDI) is a non-profit health and human rights organization that seeks to end sexual abuse in all forms of detention. JDIs website provides information for survivors, a legal section with legislation and case law, appeals for action, a comprehensive bibliography, and links to articles, reports, and other resources. Anyone who has experienced any form of sexual harm in custody - including sexual harassment, sex in exchange for protection, sexual assault, etc. - is encouraged to contact JDI for a packet of information and materials. Prisoners can write to JDI via confidential, legal mail by addressing their letter to Cynthia Totten, Esq., CA Attorney Reg. # 199266, at the address above. |
| Just Say Now | Just Say Nows marijuana legalization campaign is a project of http://t.co/QAkOkWK8eg (@firedoglake) |
| Justice Solutions | |
| Justice Center, Council of State Governments | |
| Justice Department | The Institute for Humane Studies: Advancing a freer society by supporting students, recent graduates, and academics interested in the ideas of liberty. |
| Justice Research | While prisoners are generally forgotten, female prisoners are specifically forgotten. We are changing that... |
| Justice for Families | We are a national alliance of local organizations working to transform families from victims of the prison epidemic to leaders of the movement for fairness and opportunity for all youth. |
| Justice&Peace | The National Center for Justice and Peace is continuing the struggle for racial justice. |
| JusticeforJuveniles | |
| Juv Deten Poems | Until You Make the Shore by @CameronConaway is a book told through the imagined voices in an all-female juvenile detention center. #JuvenileJustice |
| Juvenile Law Center | Founded in 1975 as a non-profit legal service, Juvenile Law Center (JLC) is one of the oldest public interest law firms for children in the United States. JLC works on behalf of children who have come within the purview of public agencies-for example, abused or neglected children placed in foster homes, delinquent youth sent to residential treatment facilities or adult prisons, or children in placement with specialized services needs. JLC has always maintained a core mission of protecting and advancing childrens rights. JLC does this by ensuring that children are treated fairly by systems that are supposed to help them, and that children receive the treatment and services that these systems are supposed to provide. |
| Juvenile-in-Justice | JinJ documents the placement and treatment of juveniles in the U.S justice system. The project features over 1000 juveniles. 250+ facilities. 31 states. |
| Kaiser Family Foundation | A leader in health policy and communications, the Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit, private operating foundation focusing on the major health care issues facing the U.S., with a growing role in global health. Unlike grant-making foundations, Kaiser develops and runs its own research and communications programs, sometimes in partnership with other non-profit research organizations or major media companies. |
| Karin Agness | President, Network of enlightened Women (@NeWNetwork, http://t.co/hKqIzF23kD); @UVA grad; Attorney |
| KidsforCash | 3,000 kids. One judge. A scandal that rocked the nation. Available now at iTunes, Amazon & Cable Movies On Demand |
| Kurt Schlichter | Feelings-centered & #caring. Author of Conservative Insurgency: Go buy it. Townhall columnist, Breitbart guy, Army vet & trial lawyer. |
| L.A.C | We are a Caring Online Community! Loving A Convict was founded by an ex-Convict with a goal in mind. That goal being, to help other Convicts & Families.. |
| Lambda Legal | Legal organization committed to the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV. |
| Laura and John Arnold Foundation | Our core objective is to produce substantial, widespread and lasting reforms that will maximize opportunities and minimize injustice in our society. To do this, we identify challenges and address their root causes through innovative, multi-disciplinary solutions. We aim to foster a culture in which individuals have the best chance to succeed and prosper, while encouraging a sense of responsibility, compassion and reinvestment toward their communities and society as a whole. |
| Law Enforcement Against Prohibition | Cops, judges, prosecutors and everyday civilians teaming up to end the failed, dangerous and expensive war on drugs. |
| Law Office of Marcia G. Shein | Handles federal criminal law pre- and post-conviction cases. Fees may be charged for services. Provide objective background reports for attorneys; interpretation of psychological information and related reports. Handles initial parole hearings; regional and national appeals; pre- and post-custody consultation and early termination of probation and parole. All services are offered for pro se litigants. Research and development issues; sentencing mitigation; federal and supreme court appeals; habeas corpus 2255; INS petitions to stay; deportation and prison transfers; clemency petitions. |
| Law Officer Magazine | Police and law enforcement news, blogs, jobs, features, training and more at http://t.co/sbiSKKGHL4 |
| Law Offices of Alan Ellis, California Office | Provides post-conviction representation of federal criminal defendants including plea negotiations, sentencing, Rule 35 motions, appeals, 2241 and 2255 habeas corpus petitions and prison and parole matters. Publish The Federal Prison Guidebook, Federal Sentencing Guidebook, and Federal Post Conviction Guidebook. Also NY office. |
| LawForChange | LawForChange is LMPBFs unique, free, legal resource for people & orgs working to improve lives & bring about positive social change. #socent #nonprofit |
| Legal Voice | Provides legal information to women in the northeast, including Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, & Alaska. Accepts public impact cases that affect womens legal rights on a limited basis. Can provide some legal information and resources. Staff cannot represent individuals or give legal advice by telephone. |
| LessWallMoreStreet | From Mass Arrests of #OWS to Mass Incarceration. Two activists from NYC traveling cross-country, giving trainings, building #Solidarity. RTs not endorsements. |
| Local Initiatives Support Corporation | The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) is dedicated to helping community residents transform distressed neighborhoods into healthy and sustainable communities of choice and opportunity good places to work, do business and raise children. LISC mobilizes corporate, government and philanthropic support to provide local community development organizations with: loans, grants and equity investments, local, statewide and national policy support, and technical and management assistance |
| Lockup Review | The best Prison News and Reviews. Also, Crime, Law and other good stuff... Join us for free! |
| Marc Lamont Hill | Morehouse College Professor. CNN Commentator. Host of BET News & HuffPost Live. co-CEO of Elite Voices. Exec. Producer of For Colored Boys Philly Born MADE |
| Mark R. Levin | THIS IS THE OFFICIAL MARK LEVIN SHOW TWITTER PAGE |
| Matthew Maher | Author & Instigator. Christ is 1st and ALL. Ive been on the field, Pro. Ive been behind the wall, Con. Now I am back from the grave of failure to speak life. |
| Melville Charitable Trust | Since 1990, the Melville Charitable Trust has focused on the singular goal of ending homelessness. Research and the Trusts experience have demonstrated that homelessness is a solvable problem and that safe, accessible and affordable housing is an indispensable part of the solution. For individuals and families with the greatest challenges to housing stability, ensuring access to affordable housing with appropriate services supportive housing is smart, humane and cost-effective. |
| Mental Competency | Tweets on issues related to competence to stand trial. See http://t.co/DMAp5mCk7c for the Mental Competency -- Best Practices Model and resources. |
| Mental Help Net | Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar, ADHD, Stress, Addictions, Psychosis, Borderline, Schizophrenia, etc. - Comprehensive mental health information and community |
| Mentor | For more than a decade, MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership has been working to expand the world of quality mentoring. MENTOR believes that, with the help and guidance of an adult mentor, each child can discover how to unlock and achieve his or her potential. MENTOR is widely acknowledged as the nations premier advocate and resource for the expansion of mentoring initiatives nationwide. As such, MENTOR works with a strong network of state and local Mentoring Partnerships to leverage resources and provide the support and tools that mentoring organizations need to effectively serve young people in their communities. |
| Merrie Lynn Ross | Filmmaker,TV Star, Child Activist, Funny Wise Woman. Author 8 books-#1 Best Seller The Bully Solution-Peace Smarts Life As An Improv |
| Mistakes Kids Make | Only 5% of kids who get arrested have committed a violent crime. But the other 95% often face the same fate. |
| Models for Change | MFC is a national initiative funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to accelerate reform of juvenile justice systems across the country. |
| Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) - National | |
| Mothers of Bedford | Imagine being separated from your child for 10-20 years. This documentary explores the effects of long-term imprisonment on the mother-child relationship. |
| MuckRock | MuckRock is the easy way to request, analyze & share government documents, making politics more transparent and democracies more informed. |
| My Criminal Justice | http://t.co/HFaOJ0rLXV is your online resource for criminal justice schools, degrees, and career education. Learn more about criminal justice today! |
| NBLSA | National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA) encourages the development of talented, socially conscious lawyers of tomorrow. RTs are not endorsements. |
| NC4YC | The National Center for Youth in Custody |
| NCCD | The Natl Council on Crime & Delinquency promotes just & equitable social systems for individuals, families, & communities through research, policy, & practice. |
| NCRCR | The Campaign focuses on public education and outreach, getting the message out about the impact of court rulings on our communities, opportunities and rights. |
| NE Innocence Project | The New England Innocence Project provides pro-bono legal assistance to incarcerated individuals who have claims of actual innocence. |
| NELP | The National Employment Law Project (NELP) responds by working to restore the promise of economic opportunity in the 21st century economy. In partnership with national, state and local allies, we promote policies and programs that create good jobs, strengthen upward mobility, enforce hard-won worker rights, and help unemployed workers regain their economic footing through improved benefits and services. |
| Nancy Lockhart, M.J. | Nancy Lockhart, M.J., is a legal analyst, advocate and author - Locked Up - What To DO When Your AZZ Gets Locked Up. |
| Nancy Petro | Co-author with Jim Petro (former OH Atty. Gen.) of FALSE JUSTICE - EIGHT MYTHS THAT CONVICT THE INNOCENT (Kaplan, 11; Peking Univ. Press, 12; Routledge, 14 ) |
| Narcotics Anonymous | This was picked from the Ohio counties for John Boener |
| Nation Inside | Nation Inside is a platform that connects and supports people who are building a movement to systematically challenge mass incarceration in the United States. |
| National Alliance for the Mentally Ill | |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, National Headquarters | Works to eliminate disparate treatment in all aspects of law enforcement and criminaljustice systems, including capricious racial profiling practices. Works to ensure fair and equitable trials and sentences. Works to ensure felony re-entry. Promotes a moratorium on the death penalty. The NAACP has offices in all 50 states, including Washington, DC. Please see their website for information on your local office. |
| National Center for Juvenile Justice | The National Center for Juvenile Justice is a private, non-profit organization. Since its inception in 1973, the Center has been a resource for independent and original research on topics related directly and indirectly to the field of juvenile justice. The Center concentrates its efforts on the improvement of the juvenile and family court system through applied, legal and systems research. Although the Center is the research division of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, it has its own budget and is responsible for generating its own operating funds. |
| National Center for Missing and Exploited Children | |
| National Center for State Courts | Providing trusted leadership and proven solutions to courts around the country and the world. |
| National Center for Youth Law | NCYL works to ensure that youth in trouble with the law are treated fairly and appropriately for their age and capacity to change. NCYL promotes reforms that keep youth from entering the juvenile justice system, and also strives to protect the safety and welfare of youth in custody. Much of NCYLs work is focused on poor children who are additionally challenged by abuse and neglect, disability, or other disadvantage. |
| National Center on Institutions and Alternatives | Offer private pre-sentence investigative services; technical assistance to jurisdictions regarding prison overcrowding, as well as jail suicide prevention. Conduct research on criminal-justice issues. |
| National Coalition for Homeless Veterans | The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans (NCHV) will end homelessness among veterans by shaping public policy, promoting collaboration, and building the capacity of service providers. |
| National Coalition for Homeless Veterans | |
| National Commission on Correctional Health Care | Publish standards for health services for jails, prisons and juvenile-detention confinement facilities. Serve as an accreditation body; develop programs for training correctional and health-care personnel; provide technical assistance to facilities; develop and distribute publications and uniform documentation; conduct annual national conference on correctional health care and other programs; and conduct research on selected aspects of correctional health care. Not an advocacy organization. Do not provide any advice to inmates about doctors, treatment or medical care. Publish a quarterly newspaper, CorrectCare, which is available free to prison libraries but cannot be sent free to individual prisoners. Write for a complete list of publications. |
| National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges | The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) seeks to improve courts and systems practice and raise awareness of the core issues that touch the lives of many of our nations children and families. The NCJFCJ provides training, wide-ranging technical assistance, and research to help the nations courts, judges and staff in their important work. The NCJFCJ conducts and assists in conducting educational programs for more judges, court administrators, social and mental health workers, police, probation officers, and others working in the juvenile and family courts. Its membership includes more than 2,000 judges, referees, commissioners, masters and other juvenile and family law professionals. |
| National Crime Victims Research & Treatment Center | |
| National Criminal Justice Reference Services | |
| National H.I.R.E Network | Established by the Legal Action Center in 2001, the National Helping Individuals with criminal records Re-enter through Employment (H.I.R.E.) Network is both a national clearinghouse for information and an advocate for policy change. It is one of several special projects at the Legal Action Center. The goal of the National H.I.R.E. Network is to increase the number and quality of job opportunities available to people with criminal records by changing public policies, employment practices and public opinion. |
| National Health Care for the Homeless Council | |
| National Institute of Corrections, Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Department of Justice | The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons. The Institute is headed by a Director appointed by the U.S. Attorney General. A 16-member Advisory Board, also appointed by the Attorney General, was established by the enabling legislation (Public Law 93-415) to provide policy direction to the Institute. |
| National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice | The National Institute of Justice the research, development and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice is dedicated to improving knowledge and understanding of crime and justice issues through science. NIJ provides objective and independent knowledge and tools to reduce crime and promote justice, particularly at the state and local levels. |
| National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | The mission of NIMH is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery, and cure. |
| National Juvenile Justice Network | The vision of the National Juvenile Justice Network is that juvenile justice systems in all 50 states, U.S. territories and the District of Columbia will have laws, policies and programs that ensure the healthy development and fair and equitable treatment of all children and youth, through the work of a movement of local, state and national advocates for children and youth, working collaboratively to advance a common juvenile justice agenda and through a state-based network that is an effective and respected force for state level juvenile justice reform. The National Juvenile Justice Network enhances the capacity of state-based, juvenile justice coalitions to advocate for fair, equitable and developmentally appropriate adjudication and treatment for all children, youth and families involved in the juvenile justice system. |
| National Law Journal | Official news related to The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, by Michelle Alexander published by @thenewpress |
| National Mental Health Association | Mental Health America, founded in 1909, is the nations leading community-based network dedicated to helping all Americans achieve wellness by living mentally healthier lives. |
| National Mental Health Association | |
| National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA) | |
| National Victim Service Providers in Corrections (NAVSPIC) | |
| NationalPrisonCoach | CERTIFIED PRISON CONSULTANT - National leader in the field of prison consulting |
| Newt Gingrich | Husband, father, grandfather, citizen, small businessman, author, former Speaker of the House, @Crossfire host. |
| No New Prisons | a collaboration of citizens and groups opposing new prison construction and expansion |
| NoVo Foundation | NoVo Foundation is dedicated to catalyzing a transformation in global society, moving from a culture of domination to one of equality and partnership. We support the development of capacities in peopleindividually and collectivelyto help create a caring and balanced world. We envision a world that operates on the principles of mutual respect, collaboration, and civic participation, thereby reversing the old paradigm predicated on hierarchy, violence, and the subordination of girls and women. |
| OARjustice | OAR blends compassion and accountability to assist offenders in leading productive and responsible lives. |
| OVC - Training and Technical Assistance Center (TTAC) | |
| Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) | |
| Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice | Established in 1988 through an amendment to the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) of 1984, OVC is charged by Congress with administering the Crime Victims Fund (the Fund). Through OVC, the Fund supports a broad array of programs and services that focus on helping victims in the immediate aftermath of crime and continuing to support them as they rebuild their lives. Millions of dollars are invested annually in victim compensation and assistance in every U.S. state and territory, as well as for training, technical assistance, and other capacity-building programs designed to enhance service providers ability to support victims of crime in communities across the Nation. |
| Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention | The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) provides national leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and victimization. OJJDP supports states and communities in their efforts to develop and implement effective and coordinated prevention and intervention programs and to improve the juvenile justice system so that it protects public safety, holds offenders accountable, and provides treatment and rehabilitative services tailored to the needs of juveniles and their families. |
| Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | The Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) advises the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services on policy development in health, disability, human services, data, and science, and provides advice and analysis on economic policy. ASPE leads special initiatives, coordinates the Departments evaluation, research and demonstration activities, and manages cross-Department planning activities such as strategic planning, legislative planning, and review of regulations. Integral to this role, ASPE conducts research and evaluation studies, develops policy analyses, and estimates the cost and benefits of policy alternatives under consideration by the Department or Congress. |
| Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice | To enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law; to ensure public safety against threats foreign and domestic; to provide federal leadership in preventing and controlling crime; to seek just punishment for those guilty of unlawful behavior; and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans. |
| Open Society | The Open Society Foundations work to build vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens. |
| PEN America | A global literary community protecting free expression and celebrating literature |
| PEN America Center Prison Writing Program | |
| PJ Media | Providing a platform for voices from a free America. Home to bloggers like @Instapundit, @VDHanson & more. Opinions are those of the individual, not PJ Media. |
| PRA | Award-winning charity, the Prison Radio Association. We run National Prison Radio - the worlds first national radio station for prisoners. |
| Parents of Murdered Children (POMC) | |
| Parole Packet Worldwide | D&D Worldwide Services LLC, is an Inmate Service Provider. We create Parole Plans and provide Parole Plan Documentation Services Worldwide. We are a team of Christian Professionals Consultants staffed with Paralegals who have over 14 years experience with the parole system. |
| PenalReform (PRI) | Promoting fair and effective criminal justice |
| Pigeonly | Welcome to Pigeonly. Where connections between inmates and society are...well, reasonable. |
| Pine Tree Legal Assistance | |
| Policy Research Associates | PRA is a nationally and internationally recognized leader in technical assistance and research in the behavioral health field. We are a small business with the capacity to offer a broad range of services and to administer large-scale projects. We are proud of the diversity of our employees experience and expertise, and our proven performance record for effectively working with a variety of agencies from Federal to local and in between. - See more at: http://www.prainc.com/#sthash.X6qtW6d2.dpuf |
| Policy for Results | The Center for the Study of Social Policys website dedicated to helping policy makers make sound decisions that contribute to better outcomes and opportunities for all children and families. |
| PplOfFaithAgnstDPen | National nonprofit founded in 1994 whose mission is to educate & mobilize faith communities to act to abolish the death penalty in the United States. Join us! |
| Pretrial Justice | Working to end over-reliance on pretrial detention, and to promote greater access to legal assistance for pretrial detainees. |
| Prison Activist Resource Center | Support for prisoners and prison activists; public-education project. Publishes a resource directory which is free to prisoners upon request. |
| Prison Blog | Authentic & uncensored voices from inside maximum security & supermax prisons & control units. http://t.co/JgHHhqkGDv IG: livefromlockdown |
| Prison Divestment | Enlace, in partnership with community groups and unions across the US, is calling on all public and private institutions to divest their holdings in CCA & GEO |
| Prison Fellowship | I bring the Word and hope of Jesus Christ to prisoners. |
| Prison Fellowship Ministries | Through their international ministries in 112 countries, offers the following service: Angel Tree for prisoners children and families (1-800-55-ANGEL). |
| Prison Law Blog | Informed, honest, authoritative information about prison law |
| Prison Law Blog | Blog by Sara Mayeux on prison/jail legal issues and reform efforts around the country. Photo: http://t.co/rBpVZfJDSi |
| Prison Legal News | an independent monthly magazine that provides review and analysis of prisoner rights, court rulings and news concerning prison-related issues |
| Prison Pen Pals | Prison Pen Pals for those whod like to write inmates for companionship and mentoring. |
| Prison Phone Justice Campaign | This site deals with the issue of prison and jail phone calls, which typically cost much more than non-prison calls. Prison phone contracts are based on a commission model, where the phone service provider pays a commission (kickback) to the contracting government agency, such as a state prison system or county jail. These kickbacks inflate the costs of prison and jail phone calls, which in the vast majority of cases are paid not by prisoners but by their family members. This website includes detailed information on state-by-state prison phone rates and commission data, as well as reports, articles and other resources related to prison phone services and the prison phone industry. |
| Prison Photography | Pete Brook. San Francisco, CA. Freelance scrawler. Photo, prisons & social justice. @wired / @rawfileblog writer. @bagnewsnotes @oregonian @huffpo @cnn bylines. |
| Prison Policy Initiative | researches and documents the impact of mass incarceration on individuals, communities, and national welfare |
| Prison Protest | PRISON PROTEST is an abolitionist publication that envisions a future in which prisons are obsolete. |
| Prison Sanity | Committed to the decriminalization of mental illness and bringing sanity to the incarceration industry. |
| Prison Talk | Prison Talk Online(PTO) provides support and information to anyone with an incarcerated loved one. (Our retweets are not necessarily endorsements) |
| Prison Victory Magazine | CHRISTIAN MOTORSPORTS ILLUSTRATED (CMI) is a publication of CPO Publishing. The magazine was founded in 1995 by Roland Osborne, who also published the magazine CHRYSLER POWER. Osborne was the founder of the Hemi Owners Association, and has served as a motorsports chaplain establishing chapel services for RFC. He is now active in more than 20 international motorsports ministries. Osbornes vision was to create a magazine that presented uplifting and positive stories relating to all forms of motorsports on every surface imaginable: from asphalt to dirt, ice, snow, grass, water, high jumps, straight-aways, monstrous curves and hills, even air... CMI has covered it all! At the forefront of every issue is the encouraging message of hope found through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. |
| Prison Watch Network | Documenting the state of prisons and human rights abuses inside. Supporting, Empowering. In cooperation with our other Prison Watch Network blogs. |
| PrisonEducation | http://t.co/hy69SmQkcn is the worlds premier source on prison education, correctional education, and inmate education news, information, and research. |
| PrisonInmates Online | The Worlds first & only Prison Inmate Social Network! |
| PrisonReformMovement | Reforming Criminal Justice~ Drug War~Mass Incarceration~ Political Prisoners~Social Justice~Truth & Transparency~A Better World For ALL~ |
| Prisoners Rights Research Project | Students provide back-up legal research assistance for prisoners nationwide. Cannot give advice or represent prisoners and can answer only specific questions. Will copy no more than 10 pages. Only accepts mail from prisoners, not phone calls. |
| PrisonersFC | National Family Support Conference providing a vital network 4 improving the quality of life of children & families during/after incarceration of a loved one |
| Pro Bono Institute | The Pro Bono Institute is mandated to explore and identify new approaches to and resources for the provision of legal services to the poor, disadvantaged, and other individuals or groups unable to secure legal assistance to address critical problems. We do so by supporting, enhancing, and transforming the pro bono efforts of major law firms, in-house corporate legal departments, and public interest organizations in the U.S. and around the world. |
| Psychiatry & the Law | FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY NEWS. Criminal, civil, correctional, public policyanything involving the interface between mental health and the law. |
| Public Safety and Justice Campaign | The Public Safety and Justice Campaign is a national campaign to end profiteering from the incarceration of people. We use public policy, education, and grassroots organizing to stop the expansion of prison privatization and to shut down existing private prison facilities. |
| Public Welfare Foundation | The Public Welfare Foundation supports efforts to advance justice and opportunity for people in need. The Foundation looks for strategic points where its funds can make a significant difference and improve lives through policy change and system reform. |
| R Street Institute | Free-market think tank advancing real solutions to complex public policy problems. Tweets: @zacharygraves. Media releases: #RSTNEWS. |
| R. Scott Harrison | This is the Twitter page for Standing Together for the Rights of All People (STRAP), an international forum for human and civil rights for all people. |
| RaceProject.org | This is the official Twitter page for The Project on Race in Political Communication (@smcaliendo & @cmcilwain) |
| ReThink Media | Building the peace & security and security & rights movements through strategic comm, media & reporter intel, tools & training. Also see: http://t.co/p3OlqLAbq8 |
| Reagan Foundation | The Reagan Foundations mission is to promote Ronald Reagans timeless principles: Freedom, Economic Opportunity, Global Democracy and National Pride |
| Reclaiming Futures | Reclaiming Futures helps teens with alcohol and drug problems who are in the juvenile justice system. Learn more on our blog. |
| Reentry Central | |
| Restorative Justice Community (RJC) | RJC provides a comprehensive, state-by-state online directory of organizations that serve people who are reentering communities after a period of incarceration. Resources span a variety of services - including housing, employment, and community assistance - and they are updated regularly. |
| Restorative Justice Online | |
| Revolutionary Truth | Education. Mass Incarceration. War on Drugs. #StopAndFrisk. Military Industrial Cmplx. Make the Connection, Become the Revolution. Follow @blkagendareport |
| RightOnCrime | Fighting crime. Prioritizing victims. Protecting taxpayers. |
| RoutledgeCriminology | News and information on Criminology and Criminal Justice from the worldwide publisher of books and journals |
| Rufus-Jenny Triplett | EbonyMags Couple of the Year 2012Radio Cohosts @HuffingtonPost BlogActivistsSpeakersCoAuthorsMarriageTipsters for imprisoned minds http://t.co/XDwmTUClv5 |
| Ryan Gabrielson | Reporter @propublica covering the U.S. justice system. Cops, courts, catastrophes. ryan.gabrielson at http://t.co/NPISnMTUI5 Public key: http://t.co/92B3k0XlfM |
| SAGE Criminology | Follow us for the latest info on SAGE criminology books and journals, as well as general news items of interest. |
| Salvation Army | |
| Sean Spicer | Communications Director at the Republican National Committee RNC @GOP #GOP Horrable speller, Wicked big Sox/Pats fan |
| Sesame Workshop | The nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street and so much more. |
| Sex Offenders Restored through Treatment (SORT) | Offers education about types of abuses, ways to control abuse, and positive approaches to therapy and restorative justice. Also lends support through referrals, networking, and sharing positive information for those at risk as victims and offenders, those victimized, those who have offended, therapists, the justice system, policy makers, and the public. |
| ShePAC | A new SuperPAC that will get conservative women elected. Co-chairs: @TeriChristoph, @ProjectGoPink. Watch our video: http://t.co/NwOuxakZuI |
| Shepard Fairey | This is the official twitter account for OBEY GIANT |
| Sin by Silence | An award-winning documentary about women behind prison walls who advocate for a future free from domestic violence. |
| Six And Forty-Four | African American men make up 6% of the United States population, but 44% of the population in U.S. federal and state penitentiaries. This needs to change. |
| Slate Crime | Slates crime blog. @justintrevett tweets here. |
| Solutions PAC | American Solutions PAC is chaired by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and supports conservative candidates across the country. |
| SpangenbergProject | The Spangenberg Project at George Mason Universitys Center for Justice, Law and Society conducts research on access to justice and indigent defense issues. |
| St Vincent de Paul | Inspired by Gospel values, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, a Catholic lay organization, leads women and men to join together to grow spiritually by offering person-to-person service to those who are needy and suffering in the tradition of its founder, Blessed Frdric Ozanam, and patron, St. Vincent de Paul. |
| State Policy Network | SPN is made up of free market think tanks fighting to limit government and advance market-friendly public policy at the state and local levels. |
| Staunton Farm Foundation | The purpose of the foundation shall be to carry into effect the intent and purpose of the Last Will and Testament of Matilda S. McCready through grants to appropriate educational and charitable institutions, or by direct expenditures, for the study and treatment of persons suffering from curable neurotic functional disorders, mild mental and kindred ailments or recovery there from and for educational and charitable purposes in connection therewith. |
| StopMassIncarceratio | Fighting mass incarceration, stop-and-frisk and police brutality, and the New Jim Crow, a slow genocide that must be stopped! |
| StrengthenFams | Prevent abuse and neglect by building Protective Factors with families. Strengthening Families is a project of the Center for the Study of Social Policy |
| Student Abolition | Students Against the Death Penalty (SADP) works to end the death penalty through campaigns of public education and the promotion of youth activism. |
| Student Prison Alln. | The Student Prison Alliance is a nationwide network of university students working in prison education and reform. |
| Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation. SAMHSAs mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on Americas communities. |
| Tea Party Express | The official Twitter account of the Tea Party Express. Join us as we elect true conservatives and take our country back! |
| Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health | The mission of the TA Partnership is to support communities in their efforts to successfully develop and implement local systems of care. We assist with developing a broad array of community-based, strength-based services to improve outcomes for children with serious emotional disturbance. The TA Partnership operates under contract with the federal Center for Mental Health Services to provide technical assistance to system of care communities and is a collaboration between the American Institutes for Research and the Federation of Families for Childrens Mental Health. |
| Teresa Bacigalupi | Empowering teens with knowledge about the laws that govern their lives. |
| Terry McAuliffe | Official account for Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe |
| The Alliance | The Alliance for Early Success is a catalyst that brings state, national, & funding partners together to improve state policies for children 0-8. |
| The Atlantic Philanthropies | For more than 30 years, Atlantic has made grants to advance opportunity and lasting change for those who are unfairly disadvantaged or vulnerable to lifes circumstances. As a limited life foundation, we make grants through our Ageing, Children & Youth, Population Health, Reconciliation & Human Rights, and Founding Chairman Programmes. |
| The CCR | A weekly national publication of writings and art by young people in the juvenile justice system. |
| The Childrens Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth and Families; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | The Childrens Bureau (CB) is one of two bureaus within the Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Administration for Children and Families, of the Department of Health and Human Services. With an annual budget of over $7 billion, the Childrens Bureau works with State and local agencies to develop programs that focus on preventing the abuse of children in troubled families, protecting children from abuse, and finding permanent placements for those who cannot safely return to their homes. The Childrens Bureau seeks to provide for the safety, permanency and well being of children through leadership, support for necessary services, and productive partnerships with States, Tribes, and communities. |
| The Doe Fund | The Doe Funds mission is to develop and implement cost-effective, holistic programs that meet the needs of a diverse population working to break the cycles of homelessness, addiction, and criminal recidivism. All of The Doe Funds programs and innovative business ventures help homeless and formerly incarcerated individuals achieve permanent self-sufficiency. |
| The Eli Lilly and Company Foundation | Lilly unites caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. |
| The Ex-Offenders Page of NETWORK, a Catholic Social Justice Lobby | |
| The Federal Bureau of Justice statistics | To collect, analyze, publish, and disseminate information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government. These data are critical to federal, state, and local policymakers in combating crime and ensuring that justice is both efficient and evenhanded. |
| The Good Men Project | Were starting a conversation about what it means to be a good man. Want to join us? |
| The Hamilton Fish Institute | The Institute focuses its efforts an analyzing and developing the most effective ways to prevent and reduce violence in and around schools; testing promising prevention strategies in rural, suburban and urban schools grappling with violence; and disseminating its findings throughout the country to assist other policy makers, states, schools, police departments, teachers, parents and youths to adopt the successful strategies. The Institute performs rigorous evaluations of approaches and policies being implemented to reduce school violence. |
| The Howard League for Penal Reform | Our mission is to support successful reentry from prison and promote alternatives to incarceration, thus strengthening the fabric of our communities. |
| The If Project | International Association of Chiefs of Police official account. Serving the Leaders of Today, Developing the Leaders of Tomorrow. Organizer of #IACP2014. |
| The Immigration Post | Your Trusted Source for U.S. Immigration News, Laws and Policies |
| The Innocence Project | Case submissions are only handled by mail. This chapter only handles cases in which physical or biological evidence could prove innocence. Innocence Projects provide representation and/or investigative assistance to prison inmates who claim to be innocent of the crimes for which they were convicted. There is now at least one Innocence Project serving each state except Hawaii, North Dakota and South Dakota. Most of these innocence projects are new and overwhelmed with applications, so waiting time between application and acceptance is long. Wrongfully convicted persons should not be dissuaded from applying to Innocence Projects because of this, but should have realistic |
| The Jacob & Valeria Langeloth Foundation | The Foundations grant-making program is centered on the concepts of health and well-being. The Foundations purpose is to promote and support effective and creative programs, practices and policies related to healing from illness, accident, physical, social or emotional trauma, and to extend the availability of programs that promote healing to underserved populations. |
| The Joyce Foundation | The Joyce Foundation supports the development of policies that both improve the quality of life for people in the Great Lakes region and serve as models for the rest of the country. We invest in and focus on todays most pressing problems while also informing the public policy decisions critical to creating opportunity and achieving long-term solutions. The work is based on sound research and is focused on where we can add the most value. We partner with others and encourage innovative and collaborative approaches with a regional focus and the potential for a national reach. - See more at: http://www.joycefdn.org/about/our-mission/#sthash.TlI9zNWQ.dpuf |
| The Justice Project | Official DOJ Twitter account. DOJ does not collect comments or messages through this account. Learn more at http://t.co/UROXMGq68v |
| The Messages Project | Our CNN Heroes award-winning program allows children & incarcerated parents to maintain contact through video messages, ensuring optimal development. Est. 1999. |
| The NAACPs Criminal Justice Program | |
| The National Center for Victims of Crime | |
| The National Center on Education, Disability and Juvenile Justice | Established in 1999 through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), and the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), EDJJ was organized as a collaborative project of the University of Maryland, Arizona State University, University of Kentucky, American Institutes for Research and PACER parent advocacy center. EDJJ focuses on assisting practitioners, policymakers, researchers and advocates to identify and implement effective school-based delinquency prevention programs, education and special education services in juvenile correctional facilities, and transition supports for youth re-entering their schools and communities from secure care settings. EDJJ conducts research, provides technical assistance and disseminates resources based on the best available evidence. EDJJ provides consultation and professional development to education, court and corrections personnel at the state and local levels. EDJJ aims to improve educational and related outcomes for court-involved and at-risk youth, and to change perceptions about their capacity for achievement and success. |
| The National Juvenile Defender Center | The National Juvenile Defender Center (NJDC) was created in 1999 to respond to the critical need to build the capacity of the juvenile defense bar and to improve access to counsel and quality of representation for children in the justice system. In 2005, the National Juvenile Defender Center separated from the American Bar Association to become an independent organization. NJDC gives juvenile defense attorneys a more permanent capacity to address practice issues, improve advocacy skills, build partnerships, exchange information, and participate in the national debate over juvenile crime. NJDC provides support to public defenders, appointed counsel, law school clinical programs and non-profit law centers to ensure quality representation in urban, suburban, rural and tribal areas. NJDC offers a wide range of integrated services to juvenile defenders, including training, technical assistance, advocacy, networking, collaboration, capacity building and coordination. |
| The National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice and Permanency Planning | The National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning at the Hunter College School of Social Work is a training, technical assistance, and information services organization dedicated to help strengthen the capacity of State, local, Tribal and other publicly administered or supported child welfare agencies to: institutionalize a safety-focused, family-centered, and community-based approach to meet the needs of children, youth and families. The National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning is a service of the Childrens Bureau - ACF/DHHS. |
| The Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (OSDFS), U.S. Department of Education | The Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (OSDFS) administers, coordinates, and recommends policy for improving quality and excellence of programs and activities that are designed to: provide financial assistance for drug and violence prevention activities and activities that promote the health and well being of students in elementary and secondary schools, and institutions of higher education; participate in the formulation and development of ED program policy and legislative proposals and in overall Administration policies related to violence and drug prevention; drafting program regulations; participate in interagency committees, groups, and partnerships related to drug and violence prevention, coordinating with other Federal agencies on issues related to comprehensive school health, and advising the Secretary on the formulation of comprehensive school health education policy; participate with other Federal agencies in the development of a national research agenda for drug and violence prevention; administer the Departments programs relating to character and civics education. |
| The Open File | Follow us for the latest news on prosecutorial misconduct and accountability. |
| The Pew Center on the States Public Safety Project | Americas prison population skyrocketed over the past few decades, largely as a result of state laws and policies that placed more offenders behind bars and kept them there longer. But proven strategies are available that offer a better public safety return on taxpayer dollars. Pew works with states to advance data-driven, fiscally sound policies and practices in the criminal and juvenile justice systems that protect public safety, hold offenders accountable, and control corrections costs. |
| The Pew Charitable Trusts | The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve todays most challenging problems. We are an independent nonprofit organization the sole beneficiary of seven individual trusts established between 1948 and 1979 by two sons and two daughters of Sun Oil Company founder Joseph N. Pew and his wife, Mary Anderson Pew. |
| The Pro Bono Project | The Pro Bono Projects continuing mission is to provide free, quality civil legal services to the underserved members of our community. Our work today is as important as at any time in our twenty-seven year history. |
| The Real Cost of Prisons Project | a national organization working to end mass incarceration. Site includes comics, writing and music from the inside. |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | For more than 40 years, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has worked to improve the health and health care of all Americans. As the nations largest philanthropy devoted solely to the publics health, we have a unique capacity and responsibility to address the most pressing health and health care issues facing our society. |
| The Sentencing Project | Provide technical assistance to develop alternative sentencing programs and conduct research on criminal-justice issues. No direct services to prisoners. |
| The W. Haywood Burns Institute | The Burns Institute works intensively with local jurisdictions to reduce the overrepresentation of youth of color in their juvenile justice systems by leading a group of traditional and non-traditional stakeholders through a data-driven, consensus-based process. The Burns Institutes Community Justice Network for Youth supports and strengthens community-based organizations that serve youth of color with advocacy, technical assistance and services. The Burns Institute also focuses on specific issues affecting youth of color in the juvenile justice system -- such as the juvenile death penalty, school discipline policies and mental health matters -- as well as on international juvenile justice concerns. |
| TheAtlanticPolitics | Human Rights Activist, Advocate for Prisoners, and WrongfulConvictions |
| Thousand Kites | Thousand Kites is a community-based performance, web, video and radio project centered on the United States prison system - See more at: http://thousandkites.org/#sthash.MDngJ0a1.dpuf |
| Tim Miller | Faith based 501(c)(3) non-profit inter/national Domestic Violence/Abuse program for women and children. Founder/President is author and topic speaker. |
| Tina Chiu | Director of Technical Assistance & Cost-Benefit Analysis Unit at the Vera Institute of Justice |
| Tom Templeton | The National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice was founded in 2001 to provide a national focal point aimed at improving policies and programs for youth with mental health disorders in contact with the juvenile justice system. As research in this field grew, it became apparent that the vast majority of youth not only have diagnosable mental health disorders, but more than half meet criteria for co-occurring substance use disorders. - See more at: http://www.ncmhjj.com/about-us/overview/#sthash.6CnjO6jH.dpuf |
| U.S. Marshall | |
| UCC OC Inc. | The United Church of Christs media justice ministry, the Office of Communication, Inc. |
| Ulrich Boser | Write abt social issues, education, crime, etc. Fellow at @amprog. Author of The Gardner Heist (2009), The Leap (Sept 2014), Learning to Learning (Forthcoming) |
| University of Texas - School of Social Work - Institute for Restorative Justice and Restorative Dialogue | The Institute for Restorative Justice and Restorative Dialogue (IRJRD) seeks to build a national mindset that embraces restorative justice principles. Its mission is to advance meaningful accountability, victim healing and community safety through the use of restorative justice solutions to repair the harm related to conflict, crime and victimization. |
| Victim Offender Mediation Association (VOMA) | |
| Victim Offender Reconciliation Program | |
| VictimsofTeenKillers | We are the National Organization of Victims of Juvenile Murderers (NOVJM) Community, Support and Advocacy for the Families of Victims of Juvenile Murderers |
| VictoriaLaw | Freelance writer & editor. Author of Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women and co-editor of Dont Leave Your Friends Behind. |
| Volokh Conspiracy | Law professor blog at the Washington Post |
| Volunteers of America | Dedicated to helping those in need rebuild their lives and reach their full potential through providing emergency services and resources to ex-offenders and their families. Services include employment training, technical assistance, bus tokens, clothing, tools, food, etc. Please visit the website to find one of their 40 offices throughout the country. |
| VotersTrust | Building a foundation of trust. |
| Ward Connerly | Founder of the American Civil Rights Institute. Author of Creating Equal: My Fight Against Race Preferences. |
| We The People | Were the people, and were here for our country. |
| Wheels of The System | Finding Community Solutions through Shared True Life Justice System experiences, including Incarceration Stories |
| Women and Prison: A Site for Resistance | Women and Prison: A Site for Resistance makes visible womens experiences in the criminal justice system. Documenting these stories is integral to this project of resistance. The stories are supported by a collection of resources, such as organizations, reports, essays, and links to a wide range of information on women and prison. The contents of this website are fluid and constantly changing. We expect to add stories, articles and resources on a regular basis. Your feedback and contributions are welcome. |
| Workshop In Business Opportunities | |
| WorldJusticeProject | We help build the #TeaParty nationwide! Limited Federal Government, Individual Freedoms, Personal Responsibility and Free Markets |
| WorldWithoutTorture | Global #humanrights community for all who share the dream of World Without Torture, from the umbrella body for #torture rehab centres worldwide, the @IRCT. |
| YTFG JJ Work Group | The YTFGs Juvenile Justice Work Group comprises grantmakers who fund systems and programs to help youth make a successful transition to adulthood by age 25. |
| Young in Prison | Young in Prison presents incarcerated children worldwide with a new chance. Using creativity and sports we work on life skills and a future in freedom. |
| Youth Courts Intl | Promoting young peoples access to justice through youth courts as an pro-social, justice system alternative. |
| Youth Law Center | Handle major institutional and class action cases on behalf of juveniles only. Cannot assist individuals. Issues include conditions of confinement, special education up to age 22 and treatment of juveniles in adult correctional facilities |
| YouthAdvocateProgram | International non-profit committed to deinstitutionalization and providing community-based alternatives via direct services, policy change and advocacy. |
| chloe cockburn | Civil rights lawyer at the ACLU working to end mass incarceration. Occupier. Painter. Opinions my own. |
| cogrannie | born in KY, ret. nonprofit manager & mil. wife, grandma, love piano, reading, volunteering (hospice, Native Americans, homeless, incarcerated, Obama 2012) |
| deborah jiang-stein | Author of PRISON BABY: a memoir from Beacon Press. http://t.co/SP4Yoz7V92 Coming to a city and prison near you. http://t.co/F6jWZvs84G |
| gretchen hamel | Fndr of Highline Strategies. Fmr ED/Public Notice,House Leadership & Admin Flack. TX born & OK raised. Farm & ranch girl. #OU #Golf #Yankees #Productivity #Run |
| roger avary | director, producer, and academy award-winning screenwriter |
| stanfordlaw | Official Stanford Law School Twitter Account |
