Prison Legal News
www.prisonlegalnews.org
An independent 48-page monthly publication that reports, reviews and analyzes court rulings and news related to prisoner rights and prison issues. PLN has a national (U.S.) focus on both state and federal prison issues, with international coverage as well.Their website contains tons of helpful resources and articles, including a fairly comprehensive list of prison book projects around the country.
www.Prisonsucks.com
A clearinghouse for useful, verifiable statistics about the crime control industry. Also includes bibliographies of relevant books, music, documentaries, and other organizations.
Books Not Bars
www.ellabakercenter.org/page.php?pageid=20
The goal is to expose and end the over-incarceration of youth. As one force among many, BNB is working to build a bottom-up movement that will transform the entire criminal justice system.
Justice 4 Youth Coalition
www.nomoreyouthjails.org
A group of youth, students, parents, community members, former prisoners, prisoners' families and community activists are working to stop New York City from building 200 more cellblocks to lock up youth, mostly youth of color from African-American, Latino/Latina and Asian communities. The campaign is urging Mayor Bloomberg to cancel the proposed $64.6 million in the capitol budget to build 200 beds, close the notorious Spofford juvenile facility in the Bronx, and reallocate these funds towards schools and community-based programs such as after-school programs and alternatives to incarceration.
www.SchoolsNotJails.com
A network of youth organizers whose reach extends far beyond jails, but whose message shoots right to the hear to the matter: young peoples need more opportunities, more rights, and for their lives to be seen as valuable. Build more schools.
Haywood Burns Institute
www.burnsinstitue.org
The Burns Institute, a project of the Youth Law Center led by James Bell, offers site-based services, including on-the-ground technical assistance on best practices for reducing the over-representation of young people of color in the system.
Building Blocks for Youth Network
www.buildingblocksforyouth.org
The Building Blocks for Youth initiative provides juvenile justice advocacy assistance and materials to constituency groups promoting juvenile justice reform, with a particular emphasis on addressing racial disparities in the justice system. The initiative provides materials such as talking points on current juvenile justice issues for use with the media, a media advocacy tool kit on juvenile justice, and hosts conference call briefings on juvenile justice issues. If you represent a national, state or local organization involved in promoting juvenile justice reform and are interested in participating in the Building Blocks for Youth Network, fill out the participation form on the initiative's website.
Juvenile Justice Center of the American Bar Association
www.abanet.org/crimjust/juvjus/home.htmlLegal Help

Legal Representation:
Northwestern Children and Family Justice CenterCreative Writing:
www.youngchicagoauthors.org
www.newexpressions.org

Media Literacy:
Street Level Youth Media - www.street-level.org
Gallery 37 Center for the Arts - www.gallery37.org
BeyondMedia Education - www.beyondmedia.org
Voices of Incarcerated Youth - www.freechild.org/juvenile_injustice.htm
Urban Consciousness Expansion:
Kuumba Lynx - www.kuumbalynx.org
Youth Struggling For Survival - www.youthstrugglingforsurvival.org
University of Hip Hop - www.uhiphop.uchicago.edu
Southwest Youth Collaborative - www.swyc.org
Prison Industrial Complex / Activism:
Prison Moratorium Project - www.nomoreprisons.org
Malcolm X GrassRoots Movement - www.mxgm.org
Tookie's Corner - www.tookie.com
www.RethinkingSchools.org
Prison Activist Resource Center
www.prisonactivist.org
PO Box 339
Berkeley, CA 94701
Does advocacy and prison support work. Free resources packet for prisoners.
The Sentencing Project
www.sentencingproject.org
514-10th street NW Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004
Works to change sentencing laws and incarceration to deal with society’s problems. Low cost pamphlets on various prison issues.
Western Prison Project
www.westernprisonproject.org
PO Box 40085
Portland, OR 97240
Works to create progressive reform of the prison and criminal justice system.
Critical Resistance
www.criticalresistance.org
1904 Franklin Street, Suite 504
Oakland, CA 94612
Group working to end human rights abuses in California prisons. Newsletter and advocacy.
California Coalition for Women Prisonerswww.womenprisoners.org
A great site for news, articles, and resources related to women in prison. Read online issues of The Fire Inside, a quarterly publication dedicated to providing a space for women prisoners and their supporters to communicate with each other and the broader public about the issues and experiences women prisoners face through articles, art and poetry.