Issue 5, April 2008
Prison Resources
Legal Aid
Univ of Illinois College of Law
332 Law Bldg. m/c 594
504 East Pennsylvania AV
Campaign, IL 61820
Prisoner Rights Research Project
Students provide backup legal
assistance for prisoners nationwide.
Cannot give advice or represent
prisoners and can only
answer specific questions
Website: http://www.law.uchicago.edu/mandel/
Pen Pals
LostVault
P.O. Box 261
Washburn, TN 37888
Lost Vault is dedicated to creating
and maintaining a place for inmates
to locate free pen pals via
internet.
http://www.lostvault.com/
Free if ad is posted by a friend or
relative via internet. $5 charge if
ad sent to LostVault via regular
mail.
Fortune Society
53 W. 23rd ST
New York, NY 10010
Publishes Fortune News in
which former prisoners
and advocates discuss personal
experiences within
the criminal justice system.
Published three times a
year and is free to inmates..
Website: http://www.fortunesociety.org/
National Lawyers Guild
143 Madison AV
4th Floor
New York, NY
Provides free copy of Jailhouse
Lawyers handbook. Th is Handbook
is a resource for prisoners
who wish to file a Section 1983
lawsuit in federal court regarding
poor conditions in prison
and / or abuse by prison staff. It
also contains limited information
about legal research and
the American legal system. The
Handbook is available for free to
anyone: prisoners, lawyers, families,
friends, & others.
Website: http://www.nlg.org/
Lewisburg Prison Project
P.O. Box 128
Lewisburg, PA 17837-0128
Provides an order form of legal
bulletins that can be ordered.
(e.g. Litigation, Medical Care,
Post Conviction, & some ACLU
Fact Sheets)
PEN Prison Writing Program
588 Broadway, Suite 303
New York, NY 10012
Writers Handbook sent out,
free of charge to inmates who
write us a letter (nothing fancy)
and also sponsors annual writing
contest.
Prison Legal News
2400 NW 80th St. #148
Seattle, WA 98117-4449
Inmate $18/yr - monthly.
PLN is an independent magazine
that provides information
about prisoner issues. PLN has
a national focus on both state
& federal prisoner issues with
international coverage as well.
PLN covers court access, disciplinary
hearings, excessive force,
mail censorship, jail litigation,
telephone, religious freedom,
free speech, prison rape, women
prisoners, retaliation, the Prison
Reform Act, medical treatment,
death penalty, control unit, and
more.
Prison Foundation
1718 M Street NW, #151
Washington, DC 20036
If inmates want to submit art
to us, they write us fi rst for an
agreement and art description
forms, which are necessary
for submission of work. There
is never a cost to inmates and
we accept all submissions, with
the stipulation that nothing is
returned, whether sold or not.
The artist gets approximately
50% of the proceeds, after framing,
matting costs and any other
direct sales costs.
BOOKS
Books through Bars
4722 Baltimore AV
Philadelphia, PA 19143
Free books and educational
material to PA, NJ, MD, DE,
NY, VA, WV. Give topic, not
specific titles –Be patient, will
take 3 months
Website: http://www.booksthroughbars.org/programs
Appalachian Prison Book
Project
P.O. Box 601
Morgantown, WV 26507-060
Grassroots organization, free
books to prisoners in WV, OH,
TN, MD, VA & KY
Contact: appalachianpbp@gmail.com
Book to Prisoners
c/o Left Bank Books
92 Pike St Box A
Seattle, WA 98101
All volunteer org sends
books throughout the US
Website: http://www.bookstoprisoners.net/
Please provide feedback on the above organizations.
Suggestions for additional resources are appreciated.
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