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Organizations : Activist Organizations

  • American Civil Liberties Union - The ACLU works on various criminal justice issues such as prison reform, drug policy and the death penalty. (Added: 20-Jul-2001 Hits: 160)
  • California Coalition for Women Prisoners - CCWP raises public consciousness about the cruel and inhumane conditions under which women in prison live and advocates for positive changes. We promote the leadership of and give voice to women prisoners, former prisoners, and their families. (Added: 15-Oct-2002 Hits: 90)
  • California Prison Focus - resources and project provided by groups working for prisoners' rights, alternatives to incarceration, prisoner support and prison abolition. (Added: 20-Nov-2001 Hits: 140)
  • Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants - CURE is a membership organization of famlies of prisoners, prisoners, former prisoners and other concerned citizens. CURE's two goals are (1) to use prisons only for those who have to be in them; and (2) for those who have to be in them, to provide them all the rehabilitative opportunities they need to turn their lives around. (Added: 29-Aug-2001 Hits: 165)
  • Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants - New York Chapter - CURE is a membership organization of famlies of prisoners, prisoners, former prisoners and other concerned citizens. CURE's two goals are (1) to use prisons only for those who have to be in them; and (2) for those who have to be in them, to provide them all the rehabilitative opportunities they need to turn their lives around. (Added: 20-Oct-2001 Hits: 80)
  • Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants-Virginia, Inc. - In a full-scale effort to prevent victimization and enhance public safety, volunteers pursue effective policies and preventive programs and provide referrals and information to legislators, organizations, concerned citizens, prisoners, their families and friends. CURE members support and strengthen each other throughout the experiences of incarceration. Virginia CURE does not provide assistance in legal and individual cases. (Added: 20-Oct-2001 Hits: 62)
  • Criminal Justice Policy Coalition - The vision of the Criminal Justice Policy Coalition is a [Massachusetts] Commonwealth that looks beyond "tough on crime" posturing to criminal justice policy that effectively promotes the public safety. In order to fulfill this vision, we work to promote constructive alternatives to an over-reliance on incarceration, regarding those incarcerated as beyond help, and forever shackling ex-offenders to their misdeeds despite their efforts and successes at redemption. (Added: 31-Jan-2002 Hits: 76)
  • Critical Resistance - As part of the emerging international movement for penal abolition, Critical Resistance envisions a society where fundamental social problems are no longer "solved" through the mass warehousing (and periodic torture) of human beings, the overwhelming majority of whom are poor, people of color and non-violent. CR's mission is to build a national campaign to challenge the Prison Industrial Complex. (Added: 18-Jun-2001 Hits: 181)
  • CURE-OHIO - Cure-Ohio is one of the most active chapters of National Cure We increase public awareness of the problems with the criminal(in)justice system and provides means to work toward improvement through concern for the lives of those incarcerated in the State of Ohio. We have several projects:Women's issues, Gay/Lesbian/Transgendered Inmate issues, Ombudsman project, Legislative Action Day and The Ohio Felon Voting Rights lawsuit, among others. We receive NO FUNDING from any outside agency. (Added: 8-Sep-2004 Hits: 60)
  • Deaths in Custody Watch Committee - about the deaths of Aborigines in Austrialian jails and prisons. Has other good stats and resources on Australian prisons. (Added: 24-Nov-2001 Hits: 58)
  • FedCURE - Federal prison reform issues. (Added: 17-Jun-2003 Hits: 70)
  • Foreign Prisoner Support Service - Established in 1996 to support prisoners detained all over the world, and assistance to their families. (Added: 12-Apr-2006 Hits: 12)
  • Friends Committee on Legislation of California - Founded in 1952 and guided by Quaker values. Criminal Justice Reform and Elimination of the Death Penalty have been of highest priority. Publishes newsletter on legislation, distributed free to prisoners. (Added: 2-Nov-2004 Hits: 38)
  • Human Rights Watch - Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. (Added: 30-Aug-2001 Hits: 81)
  • Human Rights Watch Prison Page - Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. This is their prison page with lots of internatonal law information and links. (Added: 30-Aug-2001 Hits: 185)
  • Innocence Denied.com - Innocence Denied is solely committeed to helping the numerous innocent prisoners who are wrongfully and illegally incarcerated all accross our nation. (Added: 24-May-2003 Hits: 99)
  • Justice Works! - Justice Works! is a grassroots organization whose mission is undoing racism in the criminal justice system as experienced by African Americans. Our vision is to provide a safem affirming and unique community whereby African Americans, with the support of their allies, use self-determination to solve problems with or created by the criminal justice system. (Added: 26-Jun-2005 Hits: 56)
  • Making The Walls Transparent (MTWT) - Hundreds of Florida prisoners risk great retaliation to portray the reality of the results of mass incarceration and errant guards. (Added: 17-Jun-2001 Hits: 146)
  • No More Prisons.net - Not just a book or an album. It's a movement. (Added: 25-Nov-2001 Hits: 132)
  • Pennsylvania Prison Society - Advocates for a humane, just and restorative correctional system, and to promote a rational approach to criminal justice issues. (Added: 3-Aug-2004 Hits: 45)
  • Promoting Public Safety & Reducing Stigma - www.employexoffenders.org is an independent unaffiliated project. The goals of the project are to make visible the often invisible discriminatory practices of denying employment to individuals with criminal records, to reduce the class and race based stigma of criminality and to challenge the popular media discourse that demonizes individuals with criminal records and individuals making the transition from prison to civil society. (Added: 24-Oct-2006 Hits: 18)
  • Resource Information Help for the Disadvantage - RIHD, Inc. - Nonprofit organization dedicated towards reducing the recidivism/crime rate through responsible legislation, increased rehabilitation programs, family/commumity intervention and "Earned" Second Chance for prisoners & ex-offenders. (Added: 1-Mar-2006 Hits: 21)
  • Stop Torture In America's Prisons - Inhumane and unconstitutional treatment in our prisons has been normal practice in the American prison system for decades. It is time for it to end. This petition is our way of stating that loudly. (Added: 8-Dec-2005 Hits: 32)
  • Survivors Advocating For an Effective System - SAFES represents the voice of survivors who believe in a restorative system of criminal justice. We are an organization of survivors, relatives and friends who seek a new vision for our criminal justice system. We believe that real reduction in victimization comes from a researched and humane approach, rather than one motivated by a desire for retribution. (Added: 18-May-2003 Hits: 72)
  • TDCJ Prison Abuse - organizes against the Texas Prison System (Added: 21-Mar-2005 Hits: 66)
  • Texas Prison Labor Union - Providing Texas incarcerated individuals, with a much-need socio-political forum from which to actively promote established principles of social justice, consistent with HUMAN RIGHTS (Added: 17-Jun-2002 Hits: 99)
  • The Jeff Dicks Coalition - The Jeff Dicks Coalition fights against medical abuse in the prison system, as well as physicial abuses. We also speak out against the death penalty and have a couple of anti violence programs for the teens. (Added: 24-Jan-2005 Hits: 38)
  • Two Million Signature Campaign - We are shooting for over 2,000,000 signatures on the LERA petition! That is one signature for every person incarcerated in the United States!H.R.4752 Title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to award credit toward the service of a sentence to prisoners who participate in designated educational, vocational, treatment, assigned work, or other developmental programs, and for other purposes. Help make this a reality! (Added: 25-Jul-2004 Hits: 57)
  • Western Prison Project - The Western Prison Project exists to create progressive reform of the prison and criminal justice systems, leading to mass decarceration, community-based alternatives to incarceration, and social and economic justice for communities disproportionately targeted by the criminal justice system. We work within a seven state region of the West: Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah & Nevada. (Added: 14-Aug-2002 Hits: 83)
  • www.CLOSETHECAMPS.org - Advocates for sentencing reform and the closing of minimum security prisons (Added: 27-Jan-2006 Hits: 26)

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