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
- Federal Bureau of Prisons
- National Mental Health Information Center
- United States Department of Justice
- United States Sentencing Commission
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- ActionAIDS
- Agencies, Authorities, Boards, Commissions, Councils, Departments, and Offices
- Bebashi
- Books Through Bars
- Centre Peace
- Childrens Advocacy Project
- Congreso de Latinos Unidos, Inc.
- Community Legal Services
- Department of Corrections
- Episcopal Community Services
- Fight for Lifers
- Governor's Offices
- Housing Association of the Delaware Valley
- Innocence Institute of Point Park University
- NAMI PA
- The Other Side
- Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency
- Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project
- People’s Emergency Center
- Philadelphia Citizens for Children and Youth
- Philadelphia Prison System
- Philadelphia Society for Services to Children
- United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania
- Urban League of Philadelphia
Non-Government/Non-Profit Organizations
- 360 Degrees
- The American Civil Liberties Union
- American Friends Service Committee
- CASES (Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment)
- The Center for Community Alternatives
- The Center on Crime, Communities & Culture
- The Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
- Family & Corrections Network
- The Fortune Society
- JusticeWorks Community
- The National Center on Institutions and Alternatives
- National Commission on Correctional Health Care
- Penal Reform International
- Prison Activist Resource Center
- The Sentencing Project
- Southern Poverty Law Center
- The Unitarian Church of Harrisburg
Death Penalty
- Abolition UK
- American Bar Association Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project
- American Society of Criminology
- Amicus
- Amnesty International
- Australian Coalition Against the Death Penalty
- Before the Needles
- Campaign to End the Death Penalty
- Center on Wrongful Convictions
- Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
- Community of Sant'Egidio
- Death Penalty Focus
- Death Penalty Information Center
- Death Penalty--Pro-Bono Net
- Equal Justice USA
- Human Writes
- Innocence Project
- International Justice Project
- Mid Atlantic Innocence Project
- Moratorium Campaign
- Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation, Inc.
- National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
- Pennsylvania Abolitionists United Against the Death Penalty
- Religious Organizing Against the Death Penalty
- Reprieve
Research and Statistical Information
- Almanac of Policy Issues Criminal Justice
- BJS Crime and Justice Electronic Data Abstracts
- The Brennan Center
- Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
- Demography and Population Studies
- Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center
- Felon Disenfranchisement
- The Hoover Institution
- The Hudson Institute
- Justice Statistics and Research Association
- Key Crime & Justice Facts at a Glance
- National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
- National Criminal Justice Reference Services
- National Institute of Justice
- National Consortium On Violence Research (NCOVR)
- National Council on Crime and Delinquency
- National Crime Prevention Council
- Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- Open Society Institute
- Prison Sucks
- The Rand Institute
- United States Bureau of the Census
- The Urban Institute
- Vera Institute of Justice
- White House - Social Statistics Briefing Room
Juvenile Justice
- Activism 2000 Project
- Building Blocks For Youth
- Child Welfare League of America
- Choices for Youth
- Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
- Center for Young Women's Development
- Chapin Hall Center for Children
- The Children's Defense Fund
- Children's Legal Protection Center
- Children and Family Justice Center
- Children Now
- Coalition for Juvenile Justice
- Justice for Juveniles
- Juvenile Justice Information Center
- Juvenile Law Center
- The National Center for Children in Poverty
- The National Center on Education, Disability, and Juvenile Justice
- Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- Schools Not Jails
- Stop the Schoolhouse to Jailhouse Track
Restorative Justice
- Australian Institute of Criminology Restorative Justice
- Australian National University Centre for Restorative Justice
- Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking
- Community Restorative Justice--Ireland
- Fresno Pacific University Centre for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies
- Inside Out Trust
- International Institute for Restorative Practices
- Justice Fellowship
- Real Justice
- Restorative Justice in Canada
- Restorative Justice Centre--South Africa
- Restorative Justice Consortium
- Restorative Justice Ireland
- Restorative Justice On-line
- Restorative Justice On-line Notebook
- Restorative Justice Trust--New Zealand
- Simon Fraser University Centre for Restorative Justice
- Victim Offender Mediation Association
- UK Government Crime Reduction Restorative Justice
The War on Drugs
- Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
- Drug Policy Alliance
- The Drug Reform Coordination Network
- Drug War Facts
- Harm Reduction Coalition
- Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
- National Drug Strategy Network
- NCADI-National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
Advocacy
- American Indian Prisoners Network
- The Best of the Other Side of the Wall
- California Prison Focus
- Correctional Association of New York
- Critical Resistance
- Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants
- Families & Corrections Network
- Family Violence Prevention Fund
- Families Against Mandatory Minimums(FAMM)
- Farms Not Jails
- Grassroots Leadership
- Justice and Mercy
- No More Prisons
- OPEN,Inc.
- Prison Design Boycott Campaign
- The Prison Education Reform
- Prisoners of the Census
- PrisonMail
- Prison Justice
- Prison Talk Online
- Real Cost of Prisons Project
- Southern Center for Human Rights
- Stop Prisoner Rape
- The Justice Project
- Truth in Justice
- Western Prison Project
Various Associations and Misc.
- American Bar Association-Criminal Justice Section
- American Civil Liberties Union
- American Correctional Association
- American Jail Association
- American Judges Association
- American Probation and Parole Association
- Art Behind Bars
- The Center for Guerrilla Law
- Chicago Books to Women in Prison
- Crimlinks
- Demos--A Network for Ideas and Action
- International Association of Chiefs of Police
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
- National Association of Attorneys General
- National Association of Drug Court Professionals
- National Association of Sentencing Advocates
- National Association of Sentencing Commissions
- National Association of State Budget Officers
- National District Attorneys Association
- National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE)
- New York Inmate Families
- MacArthur Justice Center
- Outside Connection, Inc.
- Prison Book Program
- Prison Fellowship International
- Resist
- Supermaxed
- Voting Rights of Convicted Felons, Convicted Misdemeanants and Pretrial Detainees in Pennsylvania
- Watching Justice
- Welfare Information Network
International Organizations
- Childwatch International
- Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
- Conciliation Resources
- The European Committee for Children of Imprisoned Parents (EUROCHIPS)
- European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control
- Foundation for Human & Humanitarian Rights (Lebanon)
- INCORE--International Conflict Research
- International Center for Human Rights and Democratic Development
- International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy
- International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
- International Centre for Prison Studies
- International Court of Justice
- International Crime Victim Survey
- International Society of Crime Prevention Practitioners
- Justice for Child Victims and Witnesses of Crime Project
- Minority Rights Group International
- National Crime Prevention Strategy (Canada)
- Penal Reform International
- Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
- Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
- Swisspeace
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South Africa)
- United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Branch
- World Organization Against Torture
- World Society of Victimology
- 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005
Journals, articles and blogs
- The Angolite
- Beyond the Prison Industrial Complex
- Con-Tact Prison Newspaper
- Correct Care
- Crime: The Myth and the Facts
- Driving Forces Behind Prison Growth:The Media
- Inside Journal
- Join Together Online
- Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture
- Journal of Prisoners on Prisons
- Justice Behind the Walls
- Justice Denied
- Justicia Journal by the Judicial Process Commission
- Justice Quarterly
- MotherJones.com -- Debt to Society
- Opions about American Prisons
- The Prison Blog
- The Prison-Industrial Complex
- Prison Legal News
- San Francisco Indy Media
- Talk Left
- Yahoo Prison News

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