MISSOURI PRISON LABOR UNION (MPLU)

US prison based organisation uniting prisoners and their supporters to fight against prison slavery & the prison industrial complex.      

NO MORE PRISON

Broad-based British prison abolitionist group. Campaigning to expose the reality of prison today, stop the expansion of the prison industrial complex, to close all existing prisons and promote radical alternatives.

PRISON ACTIVIST RESOURCE CENTRE

PARC is a prison abolitionist group committed to exposing and challenging the institutionalised racism of the prison industrial complex.

CRITICAL RESISTANCE - Join the struggle to end the Prison Industrial Complex

Long-established US prison abolitionist website.

INSTEAD OF PRISONS: A HANDBOOK FOR ABOLITIONISTS

Seminal prison abolitionist document produced by the PRISON RESEARCH EDUCATION ACTION PROJECT, Syracuse, New York in 1976.

SCHnews

The free weekly direct action newssheet from Brighton, UK financed solely by subscription and donations. Began in 1994 by Justice?, a Brighton based campaign against the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act. Good coverage of prison issues and prisoners can recieve free copies by post.

CORPORATE WATCH

"Corporate Watch is a small independent not-for-profit research and publishing group which undertakes research on the social and environmental impact of large corporations, particularly multinationals. We aim to expose the mechanisms by which corporations function and the detrimental effects they have on society and the environment as an inevitable result of their current legal structure."

PRISON PRIVATISATION INTERNATIONAL

Online batabase on multinational ompanies involved in privatisation of public sector activities.

ACTION FOR PRISONERS' FAMILIES

The national federation of services supporting families of prisoners.

PRISONERS' FAMILIES HELPLINE

Ex-HARPLINE [Help and Advice for Relatives of Prisoners]. "When someone is sent to prison you may feel as if you too are serving a sentence. Perhaps you feel confused or lonely and would like someone to talk to. You might find you have questions about the prison system or visiting and keeping in touch."

PRISON TALK ONLINE

The Global Communications, Support & Information Nexus for Inmates' Families & Friends

BRIGHTON ANARCHIST BLACK CROSS

Probably the most extensive listing of anarchist and class struggle prisoners on the net.

CARDIFF PRISONER SUPPORT

New group. Part of the ABC Network.

EARTH LIBERATION PRISONERS NETWORK

Provides information on people imprisoned for actions in defence of the earth and its inhabitants.

STATEWATCH - Monitoring the state and civil liberties in Europe

Encourages the publication of investigative journalism and critical research in Europe in the fields of the state, justice and home affairs, civil liberties, accountability and openness.

LEGAL DEFENCE & MONITORING GROUP

Volunteers for the Defence of Civil Protest & the Right of Public Assembly.

MISCARRIAGES OF JUSTICE UK (MOJUK)

Does what it says on the label. Publishes 'InsideOut' and an e-mail based newsletter. Essential.

INQUEST

Provided an independant free legal and advice service to bereaved families and friends on the inquest system.

INNOCENT - Fighting Miscarriages Of Justice since 1993

A Manchester-based organisation which supports and campaigns for innocent people in prison.

PRISONERS ADVICE SERVICE

PAS provides legal advice and information to prisoners in England and Wales regarding their rights, particularly the application of the Prison Rules and conditions of imprisonment. They also take up prisoners’ complaints about their treatment inside prison by providing free advice and assistance on an individual and confidential basis, taking legal action where appropriate.

PAS runs the Prisoners’ Legal Rights group, which runs training courses and produces a quarterly Prison Law bulletin entitled ‘Prisoners’ Rights’. Membership of the group includes prisoners, solicitors, barristers, academics and non-governmental organisations.

PO Box 46199
London EC1M 4XA

Tel: 020 7253 3323

Fax: 020 7253 8067

JUSTICE FOR WOMEN

Justice For Women is a feminist organisation that campaigns and supports women who have fought back against or killed violent male partners.

WOMEN IN PRISON

Women in Prison (WIP) is a charity working with women at risk of going to prison, in prison and after release to promote their resettlement, personal development, education and training.

HAVEN DISTRIBUTION

Haven Distribution aims to provide practical support to prisoners within the UK by:

* Purchasing educational literature for inmates who are currently attending courses whilst in prison;
* Providing dictionaries in English and other languages to inmates whose first language is not English;
* Providing large print dictionaries and books on improving reading and writing skills to inmates with dyslexia.

PRISONERS' EDUCATION TRUST

"To extend and enrich the range of education and training available to people in prison. To promote the importance of education and training in the successful resettlement of offenders once they are released."

NATIONAL LITERACY TRUST

The Prisons Reading Initiative.

THE CRIMINAL INFORMATION AGENCY

An interesting and useful general crime information resource. They claim to be "an alliance of ex-convicts, reformed criminals and media professionals who are now working together in order to show, and provide a greater understanding about, the true facts of crime in the UK."