This list is a helpful starting point for finding further information and support for children and families of the incarcerated. Listing of a website does not indicate that NRCCFI at FCN endorses the website.
Disclaimer:
Listing on this webpage does not constitute an endorsement of or recommendation for said entity or its mission and philosophies by NRCCFI at FCN, its staff, consultants, advisers, directors or funders. Reasonable efforts have been made to confirm the validity and viability of programs, organizations or resources listed on this website.
Advocacy & General Information
Alliance of Incarcerated Canadians in American Prisons
American Correctional Association
Barnard Center for Research on Women – Children of Incarcerated Parents – Spring 2010 Issues of “The Scholar and Feminist Online” webjournal.
Correctional Education Association
Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
Earned Income Credit and Child Tax Credit – Helping Individuals Released From Prison Maximize Their Earning. For Tax Credit Outreach 2011, click here.
FASTEN (Faith & Service Technical Education Network) offers networking opportunities and informational resources to equip faith-based practices, congregations, private philanthropists and public administrators seeking to collaborate effectively to renew urban communities
Fatherhood Educational Institute
Florida State University Criminal Justice Links
Foundations of Successful Youth Mentoring: A Guidebook for Program Development
Grandsplace
Hope House Resources for Children of Prisoners
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory National Mentoring Center
Justice Information Center -National Criminal Justice Reference Service
National Center on Fathers and Families (if link isn’t working, visit here for contact information)
National Center on Institutions and Alternatives
National Directory of Programs for Women with Criminal Justice Involvement
National Fatherhood Initiative
National Institute of Corrections
National Latino Fatherhood and Family Institute
National Prison Hospice Association
Penal Reform International – produces an E-news Bulletin that is a round-up of penal reform news from around the world. To subscribe, visit this page.
The Rebecca Project for Human Rights of the National Women’s Law Center has put out the report, Mothers Behind Bars. This report gives a state-by-state report card and analysis of federal policies on conditions of confinement for pregnant and parenting women and the effect on their children.
Prisoner Resources
Legal Assistance & Information
ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union
CLAIM Legal aid for women prisoners and their families
FindLaw: Internet Legal Resources
Jailhouse Lawyer’s Manual is a book about legal issues of importance to criminal defendants and prisoners published by students at Columbia Law School. Chapters available online for free.
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children and their November 2010 report: “California’s Mother-Infant Prison Programs: An Investigation“.
North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services, Inc.
Prisoners Rights Resource Guide
Vanguard Research Services – on-line low-budget legal research services
Research Resources
Jane Addams College of Social Work
Sentencing Project – The Sentencing Project’s Race and Justice Clearinghouse is a database of annotated citations for more than 450 research articles, studies, reports, and books that explore the intersection of race and ethnicity within the criminal justice and juvenile justice systems. The database is updated monthly to offer a free, comprehensive search engine of resources.