AIDS/HIV

osborneny.org - The AIDS in Prison Project - provides an AIDS/HIV clearinghouse, a bilingual hotline for prisoners, and counseling services.

thebody.com - Several articles from The Body: An AIDS and HIV Information Resource.

hivinsite.ucsf.edu - AIDS and HIV Infection in Prisoners

DNA Testing

psy.ucsd.edu - Innocence Project – University of California at San Diego - Help with DNA testing.

Family Support

celldoor.com - A very informative internet newsletter written by prisoners. Please visit them today! Many links and other useful resources for friends and family of prisoners.

Outside Connection - A service that provides cheaper phone call rates for inmate to family and friends calls. Please see their site and contact them directly for more information.

Prison Mail - Create messages on the website (like emails) and they will convert your messages to a physical letter and mail it directly to your loved one.

Prisoner Activists -  Our goal is to provide resources, legal research, prepare legal documentation, correspond with inmates and their families as well as counseling and help with the transition process back into one's community.

General

Federal Register & FBI Numbers  - Key to meaning of three (3) digit suffix of the federal inmate identification number or "Register" number as well as 3 digit prefix of FBI identification number.

A Day in the Life of a Prison Inmate  - Provides insight into prison operations and highlights how inmates are treated based on security classifications. Most prisons have 3 basic security classifications: Minimum, Medium and Close.

ojp.Usdoj.gov  - Bureau of Justice Prison Statistics.

Prison Survival Manual - A very resourceful guide to surviving life in prison.

PrisonerNetwork.com - (PIN) is a non-profit, all volunteer organization established in 1995 to provide support for Utah's currently incarcerated, former inmates, and their families.

Prisoner Statistics - Statistics on inmates in the United States.

Legal Endeavors/Drug Reform

Campaign to Legalize Cannabis International Association

Correctional Treatment Helps Offenders Stay Drug & Arrest Free on-going 1995 National Institute on Drug Abuse funded treatment research program.

Drug Reform Coordination (DRC) Network - a resource for online drug reform activism.

Lindesmith Center - a NY-based drug policy research institute; site features full-text articles from the academic & popular press focusing on drug policy from economic, criminal justice, & public health perspectives.

Marijuana Arrests & Incarceration in the US: Preliminary Report 1995

Marijuana Policy Project

Moratorium Campaign - the Moratorium Campaign is calling for an immediate moratorium on executions.

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), US agency which promotes scientific research of illegal drugs to significantly improve drug abuse & addiction prevention, treatment, & policy.

International Issues

Amnesty.org - Amnesty International.

HRW.org - ENDING THE ABUSIVE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS - Prison massacres, dramatic protests, and violent guard abuse earn occasional news headlines, but the deplorable daily living conditions that are the plight of the great majority of the world's prisoners pass largely unnoticed.

International Centre for Prison Studies - International Center for Prison Studies.

Prisoner Support/Rights

ACLU.org - American Civil Liberties Union - Criminal justice, cyber-liberties, death penalty, disability rights, drug policy, free speech, HIV/AIDS, immigrant rights, lesbian and gay rights, national security, police practices, prisons, privacy, racial equality, religious liberty, reproductive rights, students rights, voting rights, women's rights, and workplace rights.

BureauOfPrisons.com - Unauthorized Federal Prison Manual - Survival guide focused on prisoners' rights, federal prison system, leading criminal defense attorneys, and legal forms.

Chicken Soup for the Prisoner’s Soul at www.TomLagana.com

derechos.org - Derechos Human Rights

hrweb.org - Human Rights Web - includes history of the human rights movement, information on prisoners of conscience, and more.

november.org - The November Coalition - We are a growing body of citizens whose lives have been gravely affected by our government's present drug policy. We are drug war prisoners, their loved ones and others who believe that our present course of war in America has a price that we cannot afford to pay.

prisonactivist.org - Prison Activist Resource Center

prisonlegalnews.org - Prison Legal News - monthly newsletter published to help prisoners vindicate their human rights, both inside and outside of the government's judicial system.

prisons.org - California Prison Focus - resources and project provided by groups working for prisoners' rights, alternatives to incarceration, prisoner support and prison abolition.

prisontalk.com - A highly visited website with many ongoing discussions on prison topics.

pnc.com.au - Education and Social Action Conference on Art and Rehabilitation in Prisons - Workshop 38 - A selection of papers presented by teachers working in the NSW prison system.

prisonexp.org - A Simulation Study of the Psychology of Imprisonment Conducted at Stanford University. The Stanford Prison Experiment web site features an extensive slide show and information about this classic psychology experiment. What happens when you put good people in an evil place? Does humanity win over evil, or does evil triumph? These are some of the questions we posed in this dramatic simulation of prison life conducted in the summer of 1971 at Stanford University.

Religious Support

christianity.com - Prison Fellowship Ministry

go-to-jail.org - Having held crusades in more than 2,000 prisons, through 44 countries, on 5 continents, Gene Neill World-Wide Prison Ministries has reached literally hundreds of thousands of inmates.

jewishprisonerservices.org - Outreach and advocacy agency for Jewish prisoners and their families.

MTWT - THE ROCK: Inmate Watch USA - attempts to end human rights problems. Rev. Ron Schulte, who heads Inmate Watch USA,  is looking for volunteers in every state, especially in the Panama City, FL area.

prisonministry.org - Bible Believers Fellowship, Inc. is not a church but a nondenominational, nonprofit, nationwide Christian prison ministry.

Stories

OZ – HBO Prison Series. CLICK HERE to purchase OZ episodes on DVD