Prisons
Prisons Links
- Nancy Moran - Independent Prisoner Advocate Promotes the well being of prisoners in Maryland and, to a limited extent, those released from prison.
- Inmates Aid for USA and Worldwide Fee based photo pen pal directory. Legal ads and financial support for selected cases.
- Substance Abuse Among Female Prisoners in Oklahoma Using a volunteer sample of 547 women prisoners, this study compares female drug users and nondrug users by race.
- Justice Volunteerism Association is committed to improving the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems through citizen participation.
- Competitive Corrections Research Project Aims to explore and evaluate the role of the private sector in corrections. Features news and publications.
- The Prison Reform Trust Aims to create a just, humane, and effective penal system. Research, publications, current projects, and event information.
- Donna's Doc Information concerning departments of corrections, private prisons and law enforcement.
- Backfire: When Incarceration Increases Crime Examines the ways in which prison may have inadvertently affected crime rates.
- Corrections Drug Testing Drug testing product information.
- American Community Corrections Institute ACCI produces cognitive restructuring and lifeskills workbooks for youth and adults in corrections and probation settings.
- A Prisoner's Dictionary A dictionary of prison slang.
- Citizens For Effective Justice (CFEJ) Working towards a solution which would reduce crime and prison overcrowding.
- David Ferleger - ADA and Prisons Selected cases on issue of applicability of Americans With Disabilities Act to prisons.
- MyInmateMail Prison Pen Pal and Ministry
- National Corrections Corporation Company provides correctional facility designs, products and financing services.
- Mother's Day in Prison An article from 1997 from the San Francisco Bay Guardian about celebrating Mother's Day in prisons.
- Consequences of Mandatory Minimum Prison Terms A Summary of recent findings (1994) in PDF format from the Federal Judicial Center.
- Tattoos: Recognition and Interpretation Tattoo recognition and interpretation is a valuable tool when dealing with state prison parolees.
- The Aging of Prison Populations: Directions for Oklahoma Examines the effect that an agning prison population has on the quantity and diversity of services prisons provide.
- Growing Up Behind Bars: Youth Development and Crime Presents an exploration of the net impact of confinement on youth age 16 and under.
- Canadian Federal Inmates Offers assistance, information to Canadian Federal Inmates' and their family members.
- Friends and Family of Prisoners This is a place for anyone who is in some way connected to a prisoner, through friendship, love and/or family ties.
- Automatic Cigarette Lighter The Automatic Cigarette Lighter was designed for use in maximum-security correctional facilities where access to lighters and matches is prohibited for safety purposes.
- Privatization Database: Corrections An analysis of trends, practices, research findings and cost savings potential of privatized prisons.
- Prisoners and Punishment Prisoners and Punishment, from your About.com Guide
- Federal Prison - A Survival Guide Practical advice to ease the uncertainty, depression and pain of family members and the person destined to spend time in a Federal Prison.
- Outlawzzz Free Press Variety of prisoners's artistic and literary contributions
- North Carolina Division of Prisons Information about the prison system and its programs.
- Correctional News News and ideas related to the design, construction, management, and operation of prisons.
- Human Rights Watch: No Escape - Male Rape in U.S. Prisons Report claiming that state authorities are responsible for widespread prisoner-on-prisoner sexual abuse in U.S. men's prisons. Video clips, prisoner statements, and case histories.
- Prisons for Profit Excellent series of articles on prisons by ABC News.
- Secure Corrections Educational paper on security in prisons.
- Prison Legal News Reports on court decisions affecting prisoners and contains information designed to help prisoners vindicate their rights in the judicial system.
- Sentencing Scoresheet Compliance Report This report details the compliance of each Florida judicial circuit in submitting sentencing scoresheets for offenders convicted of felonies between July 1, 1998 and June 30, 1999.
- California's Crowded Prisons Article and statistics on the problems generated by overcrowding in California Department of Corrections facilities.
- Human Writes Non-profit organization finds penpals for people on death row.
- Escapes and Disturbances Media excerpts about prison/jail escapes and disturbances.
- Human Rights Watch: Prison Conditions and the Treatment of Prisoners Information on prison conditions around the world, international human rights standards applicable to prisoners.
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