Resources: Regional Advocacy Organizations

PARC corresponds with and mails a directory of these resources to prisoners, their friends and family members. We are often the first point of contact for people to connect with prisoners' rights organizations, community organizations, prison literature and arts projects, family and visiting resources, health care and legal resources, parole and pre-release resources, and the prison abolition movement.

Download a PDF copy of the November 2024 Edition here.

Please note recent updates since our last publication:

Compassion Works For All has closed (see listing in Religious Programs)
Missouri Prison Books: Now sending to Kansas, Illinois, and Indiana. Is banned in Missouri, since Sept 23, 2024
The Pathfinder Network: correct phone is  503-892-5396
Providence Books Through Bars c/o Paper Nautilus 19 S Angell Street Providence RI 02906
Women’s Book Project 3501 Aldrich Ave. S,  Minneapolis MN 55408
PDX Books Through Bars: ships up to 3 books for free to anyone incarcerated in all states except Wisconsin. General topics/genres only. PO Box 11222; Portland OR, 97211

 

Resource Category
The Pathfinder Network

The Pathfinder Network’s mission is to provide justice system-impacted individuals and families the tools and support they need to be safe and thrive in our communities. We achieve this mission through holistic direct services in three counties and 9 correctional
facilities across the state of Oregon. We meet our participants right where they are, at every point of the criminal justice system and beyond. The Pathfinder Network has partnered with the Oregon Department of Corrections since 1993 to provide evidence-based,
leading-edge programming focused on rehabilitation and recidivism reduction.
At our Portland Center for Family Success, we provide community-based services including parenting classes, early childhood home visiting, enhanced visiting, parent advocacy, youth mentoring, reentry support, peer mentoring, school support clubs, and family
engagement. We also provide services to systems-impacted youth in Clackamas County.
At our three Resilience & Recovery Project locations across the state, we provide wraparound peer support and service navigation, including drop-in and mobile support, classes, groups, action planning, basic needs assistance, and parenting-specific peer support.
We provide our participants the opportunity to build individual, social, and community resources for long-term resilience and recovery.


 


 Regional Advocacy Organizations, Oregon
The Southern Center for Human Rights

SCHR is engaged in litigation, public education, advocacy, and works with other organizations and individuals to protect the civil and human rights of people prosecuted in the criminal courts – particularly those facing the death penalty – and confined in the prisons and jails of the South. They offer free guidebooks with tools on how to advocate for incarcerated loved ones and on re-entry services. Serves Georgia and the deep south.


 Regional Advocacy Organizations, Georgia
Tulane University Law Library

Offers photocopies of case-law citations, law review articles, criminal procedures, etc. to prisoners incarcerated in Louisiana jails & parish or state prisons only. Requests should have specific case cites, docket numbers or article titles, and are limited to one per month and a maximum of 50 pages. Only serves people in LA state prisons or jails; no federal prisoner requests.


 Regional Advocacy Organizations, Louisiana
UnCommon Law

UnCommon Law supports people navigating California's discretionary parole process through trauma-informed legal representation, mental health counseling, legislative and policy advocacy, and in-prison programming led by those who have been through the process themselves. Legal team is available to respond to resource/intake inquiries over the phone on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.


 Regional Advocacy Organizations, California
Utah Prisoner Advocate Network

Utah Prisoner Advocate Network (UPAN) offers support to incarcerated individuals as well as friends and families through providing education and information about conditions of confinement including housing and medical, and monthly support meetings for families. UPAN does not provide legal support - do not send legal documents. It also publishes a monthly newsletter. The best way to receive the newsletter is to ask family or friends to get on the email list and then print and send you the newsletter directly. If you do not have any family or friends to support, contact UPAN directly. Serves Utah only.


 Regional Advocacy Organizations, Utah

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