NATIONAL RESOURCES

ACLU NATIONAL PRISON PROJECT

http://www.aclu.org/prison/gen/index.html

The ACLU's National Prison Project is the only national litigation program on behalf of prisoners. Since 1972, the NPP has represented more than 100,000 men, women and children. The NPP continues to fight unconstitutional conditions and the "lock 'em up" mentality that prevails in the legislatures. Learn more about our project and take action to protect the rights guaranteed to all Americans.

DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE

http://www.drugpolicy.org/homepage.cfm

DPA is the nation's leading organization working to end the war on drugs. We envision new drug policies based on science, compassion, health and human rights and a just society in which the fears, prejudices and punitive prohibitions of today are no more.

WOMEN AND PRISON: A SITE FOR RESISTANCE

http://www.beyondmedia.org/women-prison.html#site

Women and Prison: A Site for Resistance is an interactive website recently launched by Beyondmedia. The site has a dual objective: to make visible women's experiences in the criminal justice system; and to offer information, strategies and actions that challenge the system and the ways that it reproduces discrimination, exploitation, and civil injustices in the treatment of women and their families.

STOP THE DRUG WAR.org

http://stopthedrugwar.org/home

Stop the Drug War (DRCNet) is an international organization working for an end to drug prohibition worldwide and for interim policy reform in US drug laws and criminal justice system.

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

http://hrw.org/doc/?t=global_prisons

Human Rights Watch: ending the Abusive Treatment of Prisoners

WOMENS PRISON ASSOCIATION

http://www.wpaonline.org/

WPA is the nation's oldest service and advocacy organization committed to helping women with criminal justice histories see new possibilities for themselves and their families.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

http://www.amnestyusa.org/activism/campaigns.html

Amnesty International undertakes research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights.

PRISON LEGAL NEWS

http://www.prisonlegalnews.org/Default.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

Prison Legal News is an independent 48-page monthly magazine that provides a cutting edge review and analysis of prisoner rights, court rulings and news about prison issues. PLN has a national (U.S.) focus on both state and federal prison issues, with international coverage as well. PLN provides information that enables prisoners and other concerned individuals and organizations to seek the protection and enforcement of prisoner's rights at the grass roots level.

PARTNERSHIP FOR SAFETY AND JUSTICE

http://safetyandjustice.org/

Partnership for Safety & Justice unites people convicted of crime, survivors of crime, and the families of both to redirect policies away from an over-reliance on incarceration to effective strategies that reduce violence and increase safety.

THE NOVEMBER COALITION

http://www.november.org/index.html

Working to end drug war injustice, the November Coalition, a non-profit grassroots organization, was founded in 1997. Members educate the public about destructive, unnecessary incarceration due to the U.S. drug war, and advocate for drug war prisoners.

FAMILIES AGAINST MANDATORY MINIMUMS

http://www.famm.org/

Families Against Mandatory Minimums is the national voice for fair and proportionate sentencing laws. We shine a light on the human face of sentencing, advocate for state and federal sentencing reform, and mobilize thousands of individuals and families whose lives are adversely affected by unjust sentences.

STOP PRISIONER RAPE

http://www.spr.org/

Prisoner rape – and the failure of the government to address it – constitutes one of the most egregious human rights violations in the U.S. today. All of Stop Prisoner Rape’s work takes place within the framework of international human rights law and norms. The sexual assault of prisoners, whether perpetrated by corrections officials or by inmates with the acquiescence of corrections staff, is a crime and is recognized internationally as a form of torture.

AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE

http://www.afsc.org/stopmax/

The STOPMAX Campaign, sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), works to eliminate the use of isolation and segregation in U.S. prisons.

CRITICAL RESISTANCE

http://www.criticalresistance.org/

Critical Resistance (CR) is building a member-led and member-run grassroots

movement to stop using punishment to "cure" complicated social problems.

LOCAL RESOURCES

Seattle and King County, WA

JUSTICE WORKS

http://www.justiceworks.info/

Undoing racism in the criminal justice system as experienced by African Americans. We provide a safe, affirming and unique community whereby African Americans, with the support of their allies, use self-determination to solve problems encountered with or created by the criminal justice system.

REAL CHANGE

http://www.realchangenews.org/

The Real Change Homeless Empowerment Project has many faces, a newspaper, an advocacy group, a Homeless Speakers Bureau, and literary workshops. We do a lot, and all of it is working toward building bridges among the poor, homeless and the greater community, while engaging the broader public in fighting for economic justice. By publishing the newspaper and mobilizing the public around poverty issues, Real Change organizes, educates and builds alliances to find community-based solutions to homelessness and poverty. The Real Change is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization.

POWERFUL VOICES

http://www.powerfulvoices.org/

Powerful Voices has been improving the lives of adolescent girls in Seattle through innovative evidence-based programs in public middle schools and in the juvenile justice system. The organization was formed to address issues at their root, by instilling leadership skills, fostering the development of critical thinking, and promoting the individual potential in adolescent girls. Our mission is firmly rooted in our belief that strong girls become strong women.

CENTER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE

http://www.centerforsocialjustice.org/

The mission of Center of Social Justice is to be a catalyst for broad-based progressive social change. Center for Social Justice works to build strategic relationships with and between diverse communities and organizations who are committed to addressing human rights and social justice issues and working towards building a more just society.