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Prisoner Support Directory Prisoner Support Directory A Project of the Prison Program Partnership for Safety and Justice Updated February 2007 The Prisoner Support Directory is a project of the Prison Program of the Partnership for Safety and Justice. If you have any questions about the Prison Program, information about additional groups or resources, or feedback about anything in this directory please mail it to Partnership for Safety and Justice, PO Box 40085, Portland, Oregon 97240 . GROUPS IN OUR REGION These organizations are located in the four western states in our region. This does not necessarily mean that they don’t offer aid to out-of-state individuals. Oregon Idaho ACLU of Oregon, Portland Office ACLU Idaho P.O. Box 40585, Portland, Oregon 97240-0585 PO Box 1897, Boise, ID 83701 www.aclu-or.org Litigation on prison and jail conditions. Legislative Write to request criteria for involvement before submitting advocacy for prisoners’ constitutional rights. a request for legal assistance or sending legal paperwork. www.acluidaho.org Albany Helping Hands Friends and Family of Idaho Inmates PO Box 2252, Albany, OR 97321 PO Box 1376, Boise, ID 83701 www.albanyhh.org Helps with transition, re-entry. Idaho Innocence Project Attn: Greg Hampikian, Ph.D., Professor of Biology and Better People Criminal Justice Administration 4310 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Boise State University, 1910 University Drive Portland, OR 97211 (main office) Boise, ID 83725-1515 www.betterpeople.org Focus on cases where DNA evidence would change Employment and counseling services for individuals with outcome. (Coverage area: Idaho) legal histories. Job referrals only to employers paying at least $9/hr with benefits. Portland metro area. Supportive Housing and Innovative Partnership PO Box 8803, Boise, ID 83707 Books to Oregon Prisoners Clean and sober housing, therapeutic community program, PO Box 11222, Portland, OR 97211 case management, employment program, life skills www.bookstooregonprisoners.org program, alternative to sentencing. Idaho only. Sends books to people in Oregon state prisons only . Employment program in Boise only. Oregon CURE (Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants) Montana 1631 NE Broadway #460, Portland OR 97232 ACLU Montana www.oregoncure.org PO Box 1317, Helena, MT 59624 Newsletter available, transition info, brochures: www.aclumontana.org Advocating for the Incarcerated, Keeping Love Alive, Free Connections but not Free, and more. Support groups, orientation for th families and friends of newly incarcerated people. 1117 N 7 , #3, Bozeman, MT 59715 Assistance with transition back to community, parole Oregonians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty planning. Services and support statewide. OADP, PO Box 361, Portland, OR 97207-0361 www.oadp.org Washington Welcome Home Oregon ACLU of Washington 106 NW F St #65, Grants Pass, OR 97526 705 Second Ave #300, Seattle, WA 98104 Re-entry support for people releasing to southern OR, Prison conditions and prisoner treatment (no post- primarily Josephine & Jackson counties. conviction appeals). www.aclu-wa.org February 2007 Partnership for Safety and Justice (formerly Western Prison Project) Page 1 of 10 Justice Works! NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS PO Box 1489, Lake Stevens, WA 98258 Focuses on racism in the criminal justice system in Health & Safety/Hepatitis C/HIV Washington state. Newsletter, correspondence classes, court watch and advocacy on specific reform issues, AIDS in Prison Project – The Osborne transition support. Write for more information. Association www.justiceworks.info/index 809 Westchester Ave, Bronx, NY 10455 NY focus, may provide educational materials on HIV/Hep The November Coalition C to people in other states. 282 West Astor, Colville, WA 99114 www.osborneny.org/aids_in_prison_project National organization advocating for prisoners of the drug war, and for drug policy reform. Newsletter available. National Prison Project of the ACLU www.november.org Prison AIDS, Hepatitis C and Medical Resources 915 15th Street, NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC 20005 Innocence Project NW Clinic National resource center to provide educational materials University of Washington School of Law and legal information about AIDS and medical treatment William H. Gates Hall, Suite 265 in prison. Know Your Rights Info about disabilities and P.O. Box 85110, Seattle, WA 98145-1110 medical care. Write for resource list. IPNW will only consider cases from Washington in which www.aclu.org/Prisons/PrisonsMain actual innocence is claimed. Write for questionnaire to fill out about your case. Hepatitis C Awareness Project/HCV Prison www.law.washington.edu/ipnw/index.shtml Support Project PO Box 41803, Eugene, OR 97404 Matthew House Newsletter as funding allows, info packet always available. PO Box 201, Monroe, WA 98272 www.hcvinprison.org Hospitality house, provides temporary housing for families Hepatitis C Support Project visiting prisoners in Monroe, bus service to other PO Box 427037, San Francisco, CA 94142-7037 Washington prisons, programs for children of prisoners Info packet and HCV Advocate newsletter available on and more. request. www.hcvadvocate.org Mothers for Police Accountability National AIDS Treatment Advocacy Project PO Box 22886, Seattle, WA 98122 (NATAP) Oxford Houses of Washington State 580 Broadway #1010, New York, NY 10012 Incarceration Committee Will mail Hepatitis C and HIV/Hepatitis C Co-Infection PO Box 871442, Vancouver, WA 98682 Handbook. www.natap.org Clean & sober housing. Must be addict/alcoholic in National Prison Hospice Association recovery. Write for rules/application. PO Box 4623, Boulder, CO 80306 www.waoxfordhouse.org/ic NPHA helps to develop and implement hospice and better Taylor House end of life care for the terminally ill prisoner. NPHA also 10830 SE Kent-Kangley Rd, Kent, WA 98042 publishes a tri-annual newsletter. www.npha.org Clean and sober housing in Tacoma area for people HIV/Hepatitis C in Prison (HIP) Committee transitioning out of prison. Write for info about vacancies California Prison Focus and rental rates. 2940 16th St, #B-5, San Francisco, CA 94103 WA Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty PO Box 3045, Seattle, WA 98114 National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC ) Provides support only to prisoners on Washington’s death 1931 13th St NW, Washington, DC 20009 row. www.abolishdeathpenalty.org Helps developing leadership within communities of color to address the challenges of HIV/AIDS. Disseminates NW Immigrant Rights Project valuable information. www.nmac.org Western Washington Office 615 2nd Ave, Suite 400, Seattle, WA 98104 Women Organized to Respond to Life Eastern Washington Office Threatening Diseases (WORLD) 121 Sunnyside Avenue 414 13th St, 2nd Floor, Oakland, CA 94612 P.O. Box 270, Granger, WA 98932 HIV/AIDS information. Free to women in prison. Advances the legal rights and dignity of low-income www.womenhiv.org immigrants in Washington by pursuing and preserving Jeff Dicks Medical Coalition their legal status through legal representation, education PO Box 342, Beechgrove, TN 37018 and public policy www.nwirp.org Advocacy for prisoners who need, and are not receiving, appropriate medical care. www.jeffdicks.org February 2007 Partnership for Safety and Justice (formerly Western Prison Project) Page 2 of 10 American Diabetes Association Resources for Incarcerated Parents ATTN: National Call Center 1701 North Beauregard St, Alexandria, VA 22311 Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents Healthcare information about diabetes. www.diabetes.org PO Box 41-286, Eagle Rock, CA 90041 CCIP’s mission is the prevention of intergenerational Advocacy Organizations crime and incarceration. Offers education projects, correspondence courses and child custody and advocacy American Friends Service Committee services. Direct services to prisoners, former prisoners and Criminal Justice Program their families in southern California. www.e-ccip.org 1501 Cherry St, Philadelphia, PA 19102 Write for complete list of publications and addresses of Osborne Association Attn: Beverly Grant state programs. www.afsc.org 36-31 38th Street Long Island City, NY 11101 All of Us or None Publications -- Parenting From Inside/Out: The Voices of c/o Legal Services for Prisoners with Children Mothers in Prison ($12.00) write for list of publications 1540 Market St, Suite 490, San Francisco, CA 94310 and prices. www.osborneny.org Fights for full restoration of rights/fights against all forms Family and Corrections Network of discrimination encountered by people with past 32 Oak Grove Rd, Palmyra, VA 22963 convictions. www.allofusornone.org On-line publications can be downloaded by prison CURE – Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of counselors, library, friends, family at www.fcnetwork.org . Errants Legal Services for Prisoners with Children PO Box 2310, Washington, DC 20013-2310 1540 Market St #490, San Francisco, CA 94102 Newsletter offered. State chapters. www.curenational.org Provides advocacy and referrals for prisoners, former prisoners and family members. **Please do not send Critical Resistance documents unless requested. 1904 Franklin St, Suite 504, Oakland, CA 94612 www.prisonerswithchildren.org www.criticalresistance.org Critical Resistance (CR) is a national, grassroots, member-based organization. CR is National Institute of Corrections building an international movement to end the prison 1860 Industrial Circle, Suite A, Longmont, CO 80501 industrial complex by challenging the belief that caging Provides the Directory of Programs Serving Families of and controlling people makes our society
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