Prisoner Rights & Resources

Welcome to the "Prisoners Rights & Resources" section. This section contains links to a variety of national resources related to corrections and the rights of those incarcerated. To suggest a resource for this list, please contact us.

• American Civil Liberties Union - The official Prison Rights website of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the only national litigation program on behalf of prisoners.
• Rights of Inmates (FindLaw) - A comprehensive overview of the constitutional rights of those incarcerated.
• National Legal Aid and Defender Association - A non-profit organization dedicated to representing indigent defendants.
• Prison Activist Resource Center - A source for progressive and radical information on prisons and the criminal prosecution system.
• Legal Aid Society of New York - Advocating for constitutional and humane conditions of confinement for prisoners in the New York City and State correctional systems.
• Prisoners and Prisoners' Rights - An overview of inmates' rights, and links to a menu of related resources.
• Justice Denied - A magazine devoted to helping people who have been wrongly convicted in the U.S.
• Partnership for Safety and Justice - The Partnership for Safety and Justice (formerly The Western Prison Project) publishes a prisoner support directory.
• National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - The official website of the only fully-staffed national organization exclusively devoted to abolishing capital punishment.
• Stop Prisoner Rape
• CLAIM - A Chicago-based organization providing legal and educational services, to help imprisoned mothers preserve their families.
• Preventing Prison Rape (FindLaw) - Addressing the epidemic in the country's prison facilities.
• Amnesty International - Human Rights Watch - Website of an organization seeking to end the abusive treatment of prisoners.
• HIV & Hepatitis Education Prison Project - Concerned with educating and informing on infectious disease in corrections.
• National Ass'n of the Deaf - Rights of Deaf Inmates - An overview of rights and remedies for deaf inmates.
• The Eighth Amendment (FindLaw) - A look at the source of a prisoner's constitutional rights.
• Death Penalty Information Center - A non-profit organization serving the media and the public, with analysis and information on issues concerning capital punishment.
• Books Not Bars - Working to expose and end the over-incarceration of youth
• Prisoner Action Coalition - Advocating to improve conditions in California prisons, and assist individual prisoners with legal matters.
• Equal Justice, USA - Mobilizing and educating citizens around crime and punishment, including racial, economic, and political biases.
• The Other Side of the Wall - A collection of news, articles, and resources related to prisons, prisoners, and the death penalty.
• Prison Legal News - An independent publication that reports, reviews, and analyzes court rulings and news related to prisoner rights and prison issues.
• Jewish Prisoner Services International - Providing direct spiritual, outreach, and advocacy services for Jewish prisoners and their loved ones.
• The Sentencing Project - A national leader in the development of alternative sentencing programs and in research and advocacy on criminal justice policy.
• Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants (C.U.R.E.) - Nation-wide grass roots organization dedicated to reducing crime through reform of the criminal justice system.
• Native American Indian Spiritual Freedom in Prison - Discusses recent cases and provides links to related resources.
• Prisoner Advocacy Network - Prisoners and advocates united for human rights.