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.
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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 individuals in Georgia and the deep south only. |
Regional Advocacy Organizations, Georgia |
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The Transformative Justice Law Project of Illinois We provide free, life and gender-affirming legal services to everyone on the gender spectrum regardless of financial status. Due to capacity, TJLP is currently focusing on name and gender marker changes. We especially prioritize folks who are low-income and street-based transgender and gender-nonconforming people targeted by the criminal legal system. Serves Illinois only.
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Regional Advocacy Organizations, Illinois |
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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. No federal prisoner requests. Serves individuals in Louisiana state prisons or jails only. |
Regional Advocacy Organizations, Louisiana |
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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 at (510) 271-0310. Californians only. |
Regional Advocacy Organizations, California |
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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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Wisconsin Books to Prisoners Project Sends books free of charge only to prisoners in state or federal prisons in Wisconsin. Only responds to written snail mail requests.
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Regional Advocacy Organizations, Wisconsin |