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In order to keep you informed about social justice issues and issues related directly to prisoners, ex-offenders and their families, The Pennsylvania Prison Society maintains this links page. If you would like to suggest a site for inclusion, please email Dee Johnson, Communications Manager.

The Pennsylvania Prison Society does not directly endorse any of these organizations nor are we responsible for content on their sites.

Government Agencies

  1. Federal Bureau of Prisons
  2. National Mental Health Information Center
  3. United States Department of Justice
  4. United States Sentencing Commission

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

  1. ActionAIDS
  2. Agencies, Authorities, Boards, Commissions, Councils, Departments, and Offices
  3. Bebashi
  4. Books Through Bars
  5. Centre Peace
  6. Childrens Advocacy Project
  7. Congreso de Latinos Unidos, Inc.
  8. Community Legal Services
  9. Department of Corrections
  10. Episcopal Community Services
  11. Fight for Lifers
  12. Governor's Offices
  13. Housing Association of the Delaware Valley
  14. Innocence Institute of Point Park University
  15. NAMI PA
  16. The Other Side
  17. Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency
  18. Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project
  19. People’s Emergency Center
  20. Philadelphia Citizens for Children and Youth
  21. Philadelphia Prison System
  22. Philadelphia Society for Services to Children
  23. United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania
  24. Urban League of Philadelphia

Non-Government/Non-Profit Organizations

  1. 360 Degrees
  2. The American Civil Liberties Union
  3. American Friends Service Committee
  4. CASES (Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment)
  5. The Center for Community Alternatives
  6. The Center on Crime, Communities & Culture
  7. The Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
  8. Family & Corrections Network
  9. The Fortune Society
  10. JusticeWorks Community
  11. The National Center on Institutions and Alternatives
  12. National Commission on Correctional Health Care
  13. Penal Reform International
  14. Prison Activist Resource Center
  15. The Sentencing Project
  16. Southern Poverty Law Center
  17. The Unitarian Church of Harrisburg

Death Penalty

  1. Abolition UK
  2. American Bar Association Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project
  3. American Society of Criminology
  4. Amicus
  5. Amnesty International
  6. Australian Coalition Against the Death Penalty
  7. Before the Needles
  8. Campaign to End the Death Penalty
  9. Center on Wrongful Convictions
  10. Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
  11. Community of Sant'Egidio
  12. Death Penalty Focus
  13. Death Penalty Information Center
  14. Death Penalty--Pro-Bono Net
  15. Equal Justice USA
  16. Human Writes
  17. Innocence Project
  18. International Justice Project
  19. Mid Atlantic Innocence Project
  20. Moratorium Campaign
  21. Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation, Inc.
  22. National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
  23. Pennsylvania Abolitionists United Against the Death Penalty
  24. Religious Organizing Against the Death Penalty
  25. Reprieve

Research and Statistical Information

  1. Almanac of Policy Issues Criminal Justice
  2. BJS Crime and Justice Electronic Data Abstracts
  3. The Brennan Center
  4. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
  5. Demography and Population Studies
  6. Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center
  7. Felon Disenfranchisement
  8. The Hoover Institution
  9. The Hudson Institute
  10. Justice Statistics and Research Association
  11. Key Crime & Justice Facts at a Glance
  12. National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
  13. National Criminal Justice Reference Services
  14. National Institute of Justice
  15. National Consortium On Violence Research (NCOVR)
  16. National Council on Crime and Delinquency
  17. National Crime Prevention Council
  18. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
  19. Open Society Institute
  20. Prison Sucks
  21. The Rand Institute
  22. United States Bureau of the Census
  23. The Urban Institute
  24. Vera Institute of Justice
  25. White House - Social Statistics Briefing Room

Juvenile Justice

  1. Activism 2000 Project
  2. Building Blocks For Youth
  3. Child Welfare League of America
  4. Choices for Youth
  5. Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
  6. Center for Young Women's Development
  7. Chapin Hall Center for Children
  8. The Children's Defense Fund
  9. Children's Legal Protection Center
  10. Children and Family Justice Center
  11. Children Now
  12. Coalition for Juvenile Justice
  13. Justice for Juveniles
  14. Juvenile Justice Information Center
  15. Juvenile Law Center
  16. The National Center for Children in Poverty
  17. The National Center on Education, Disability, and Juvenile Justice
  18. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
  19. Schools Not Jails
  20. Stop the Schoolhouse to Jailhouse Track

Restorative Justice

  1. Australian Institute of Criminology Restorative Justice
  2. Australian National University Centre for Restorative Justice
  3. Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking
  4. Community Restorative Justice--Ireland
  5. Fresno Pacific University Centre for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies
  6. Inside Out Trust
  7. International Institute for Restorative Practices
  8. Justice Fellowship
  9. Real Justice
  10. Restorative Justice in Canada
  11. Restorative Justice Centre--South Africa
  12. Restorative Justice Consortium
  13. Restorative Justice Ireland
  14. Restorative Justice On-line
  15. Restorative Justice On-line Notebook
  16. Restorative Justice Trust--New Zealand
  17. Simon Fraser University Centre for Restorative Justice
  18. Victim Offender Mediation Association
  19. UK Government Crime Reduction Restorative Justice

The War on Drugs

  1. Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
  2. Drug Policy Alliance
  3. The Drug Reform Coordination Network
  4. Drug War Facts
  5. Harm Reduction Coalition
  6. Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
  7. National Drug Strategy Network
  8. NCADI-National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information

Advocacy

  1. American Indian Prisoners Network
  2. The Best of the Other Side of the Wall
  3. California Prison Focus
  4. Correctional Association of New York
  5. Critical Resistance
  6. Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants
  7. Families & Corrections Network
  8. Family Violence Prevention Fund
  9. Families Against Mandatory Minimums(FAMM)
  10. Farms Not Jails
  11. Grassroots Leadership
  12. Justice and Mercy
  13. No More Prisons
  14. OPEN,Inc.
  15. Prison Design Boycott Campaign
  16. The Prison Education Reform
  17. Prisoners of the Census
  18. PrisonMail
  19. Prison Justice
  20. Prison Talk Online
  21. Real Cost of Prisons Project
  22. Southern Center for Human Rights
  23. Stop Prisoner Rape
  24. The Justice Project
  25. Truth in Justice
  26. Western Prison Project

Various Associations and Misc.

  1. American Bar Association-Criminal Justice Section
  2. American Civil Liberties Union
  3. American Correctional Association
  4. American Jail Association
  5. American Judges Association
  6. American Probation and Parole Association
  7. Art Behind Bars
  8. The Center for Guerrilla Law
  9. Chicago Books to Women in Prison
  10. Crimlinks
  11. Demos--A Network for Ideas and Action
  12. International Association of Chiefs of Police
  13. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
  14. National Association of Attorneys General
  15. National Association of Drug Court Professionals
  16. National Association of Sentencing Advocates
  17. National Association of Sentencing Commissions
  18. National Association of State Budget Officers
  19. National District Attorneys Association
  20. National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE)
  21. New York Inmate Families
  22. MacArthur Justice Center
  23. Outside Connection, Inc.
  24. Prison Book Program
  25. Prison Fellowship International
  26. Resist
  27. Supermaxed
  28. Voting Rights of Convicted Felons, Convicted Misdemeanants and Pretrial Detainees in Pennsylvania
  29. Watching Justice
  30. Welfare Information Network

International Organizations

  1. Childwatch International
  2. Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
  3. Conciliation Resources
  4. The European Committee for Children of Imprisoned Parents (EUROCHIPS)
  5. European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
  6. European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control
  7. Foundation for Human & Humanitarian Rights (Lebanon)
  8. INCORE--International Conflict Research
  9. International Center for Human Rights and Democratic Development
  10. International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy
  11. International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
  12. International Centre for Prison Studies
  13. International Court of Justice
  14. International Crime Victim Survey
  15. International Society of Crime Prevention Practitioners
  16. Justice for Child Victims and Witnesses of Crime Project
  17. Minority Rights Group International
  18. National Crime Prevention Strategy (Canada)
  19. Penal Reform International
  20. Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
  21. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
  22. Swisspeace
  23. Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South Africa)
  24. United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Branch
  25. World Organization Against Torture
  26. World Society of Victimology
  27. 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005

Journals, articles and blogs

  1. The Angolite
  2. Beyond the Prison Industrial Complex
  3. Con-Tact Prison Newspaper
  4. Correct Care
  5. Crime: The Myth and the Facts
  6. Driving Forces Behind Prison Growth:The Media
  7. Inside Journal
  8. Join Together Online
  9. Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture
  10. Journal of Prisoners on Prisons
  11. Justice Behind the Walls
  12. Justice Denied
  13. Justicia Journal by the Judicial Process Commission
  14. Justice Quarterly
  15. MotherJones.com -- Debt to Society
  16. Opions about American Prisons
  17. The Prison Blog
  18. The Prison-Industrial Complex
  19. Prison Legal News
  20. San Francisco Indy Media
  21. Talk Left
  22. Yahoo Prison News