Just click any of the Companies below to go to there profile page which includes there causes and contact info:
Handles state and federal conditions of confinement claims affecting large numbers of prisoners.
Publishes the NPP Journal (available online at: www.aclu.org/national-prison-project-journal-fall-2011) and the Prisoners' Assistance Directory (write for more information).
Contact: ACLU NPP, 915 15th St. NW, 7th Fl., Washington, DC 20005 (202) 393.4930.
www.aclu.org/prisons
Complies information about prisoner torture, beatings, rape, etc. to included in reports about U.S. prison conditions; also works on death penalty issues.
Contact: Amnesty International, 5 Penn Plaza, New York NY 10001 (212) 807-8400.
Formerly Correct HELP. Provides information related to HIV in prison - contact them if you are not receiving proper HIV medication or are denied access to programs due to HIV status.
Contact; CHJ, 900 Avila Street, Suite 102, Los Angeles, CA 90012. HIV Hotline: (214) 229-0979 (collect calls from prisoners OK).
Works to exonerate the wrongfully convicted, in both cases involving DNA evidence and those that do not. Centurion only takes 1-2 new cases a year involving actual innocence. They do not consider accidental death or self-defense murder cases, he said/she said rape cases, or child abuse or child sex abuse cases unless there is physical evidence. All case inquiries must be from the prisoner involved, in writing.
Contact: Centurion Ministries, 221 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ 08542 (609) 921-0334.
Works to exonerate the wrongfully convicted, in both cases involving DNA evidence and those that do not. Centurion only takes 1-2 new cases a year involving actual innocence. They do not consider accidental death or self-defense murder cases, he said/she said rape cases, or child abuse or child sex abuse cases unless there is physical evidence. All case inquiries must be from the prisoner involved, in writing.
Contact: Centurion Ministries, 221 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ 08542 (609) 921-0334.
Primarily provides online resources for families of prisoners related to parenting, children of prisoners, prison visitation, mothers and fathers in prison, etc.
Contact: F&CN, 93 Old York Road, Suite 1 #510, Jenkintown, PA 19046 (215) 576-1110.
FAMM (Families Against Mandatory Minimums) publishes the FAMMGram three times a year, which includes information about injustices resulting from mandatory minimum laws with an emphasis on federal laws. Recommended donation of $10 for a subscription.
Contact: FAMM, 1612 K Street NW #700, Washington, DC 20006 (202) 822-6700.
Provides advocacy for wrongly convicted prisoners whose case involve DNA evidence and are at the post-conviction appeal stage. Maintains an online list of state-by-state innocence projects.
Contact: Innocence Project, 40 Worth St., Suite 701, New York, NY 10013 (212) 364-5340.
Although no longer publishing a print magazine, Justice Denied continues to provide the most comprehensive coverage of wrongful convictions and how and why they occur. Their content is available online, and includes all back issues of the Justice Denied magazine and a database of more than 3,000 wrongly convicted people.
Contact: Justice Denied, P.O. Box 68911, Seattle, WA 98168 (206) 335-4254.
Formerly Stop Prisoner Rape, JDI seeks to end sexual violence against prisoners. Provides counseling resources for imprisoned and released rape survivors and activists for almost every state.
Contact: JDI, 3325 Wilshire Blvd. #340, Los Angeles, CA 90010 (213) 384-1400.
Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE) is a national organization with state and special interest chapters that advocates for rehabilitative opportunities for prisoners and less reliance on incarceration. Publishes the CURE Newsletter. $2 annual membership for prisoners.
Contact: CURE, P.O. Box 2310, National Capitol Station, Washington, DC 20013 (202) 789-2126.
Publishes the Razor Wire, a bi-annual newsletter that reports on drug war-related issues, releasing prisoners of the drug war and restoring civil rights. A subscription is $10 for prisoners and $30 for non-prisoners.
Contact: November Coalition, 282 West Astor, Colville, WA 99114 (509) 684-1550.
PARC is a prison abolitionist group committed to exposing and challenging all forms of institutionalized racism, sexism, able-ism, heterosexism and classism, specifically within the Prison Industrial Complex. PARC produces a free resource directory for prisoners, and supports activists working to expose and end the abuses of the Prison Industrial Complex and mass incarceration.
Contact: PARC, P.O. Box 70447, Oakland, CA 94612 (510) 893-4648.
The Exoneration Project is a non-profit organization dedicated to working to free prisoners who were wrongfully convicted. The project represents innocent individuals in post-conviction legal proceedings; typical cases invlolve DNA testing, coerced confessions, police misconduct, the use of faulty evidence, junk science and faulty eyewitness testimony, and ineffective assistance of counsel claims.
Contact: The Exoneration Project, 312 North May Street, Suite 100, Chicago, Illinois 60607 (312) 789-4955.
Provides post-release services and programs for prisoners in the New York City area and occasionally publishes Fortune News, a free publication for prisoners that deals with criminal justice issues, primarily in New York.
Contact: The Fortune Society, 29-76 Northern Blvd., Long Island City, NY 11101 (212) 691-7554.