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Covering Prisons and Jails: Resources
By Jenifer Warren
Organizations and Government Agencies
(in alphabetical order)
ACLU National Prison Project.
Washington, DC
http://www.aclu.org/prison/index.html
National litigation program for prisoners.
American Correctional Association
Virginia
703-224-0000. www.aca.orq/
Professional organization for the prison managers. Standards, accreditation, etc.
American Jail Association.
Hagerstown, MD. http://www.aja.org/
Professional organization for jail managers.
Association of Paroling Authorities International.
Wallingford, PA
610-872-4645
http://www.apaintl.org/en/index.html
Organization for parole boards and other release agencies. Good source for contacts in the state, trends, data
Association of State Correctional Administrators.
Connecticut
860-704-6410
http://www.asca.net/
Good source for research on correctional management, strategies, data about employees, trends. Also accreditation and correctional standards.
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice.
San Francisco
415-722-1191
http://www.cici.orq/
nonprofit, left-leaning, good research; aims to reduce use of incarceration
National Council on Crime and Delinquency.
Oakland, CA
510-208-0500.
http://www.nccd-crc.org/index.html
nonprofit conducts research, outreach on youth and adult corrections issues. Extensive background knowledge on California, national correctional trends.
Prison Law Office
San Rafael, CA.
415-457-9144.
http://www.prisonlaw.com/
Nonprofit prison litigation firm. Extensive experience in cases on prison medical care, overcrowding, mental health care, juvenile corrections, parole boards, and much more.
Public Safety Performance Project, Pew Charitable Trusts.
Washington, D.C.
See website for contact info: www.pew.publicsafety.org
Nonpartisan policy briefs, other reports on national and state-level trends related to corrections. Solid research on current topics.
The Sentencing Project
Washington, DC
202-628-0871
http://wvmsentencinqproject.orq/
Left-leaning research and advocacy group favoring less incarceration
U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Washington, DC
http://wv.mojp.usdojlov/bjs
Wealth of statistics on inmates, parolees, prisons, etc. Data usually two years behind.
U.S. National Institute of Corrections
Washington, DC
202-307-3106
http://www.nicic.org/
Training, program development for correctional folks. Great clearinghouse for articles, other research on all aspects of the field.
The Urban Institute
Washington, DC.
202-261-5709
http://www.urban.org/
Wide-ranging work includes activity on corrections, with emphasis on parole and reentry.
The Vera Institute of Justice
New York City
212-334-1300
http://www.vera.org/
Extensive research on sentencing and corrections.
People
Bien, Michael
415-433-6830
San Francisco lawyer, expert on prison mental health issues
Camp, George
GCamp@asca.net
Association of State Correctional Administrators. Great source for data.
Deitch, Michele
512-328-8330
University of Texas adjunct professor. Attorney expert in prison conditions, oversight, management.
Fama, Steve
415-457-9144
sfama@prisonlaw.com
Prison Law Office. Expert on prison litigation, especially inmate health care.
Greenwood, Peter
pwgreenwood@earthlink.net
Former RAND research, author, expert on juvenile corrections.
Jacobson, Michael P.
212-376-3163
mjacobson@vera.org
Director, Vera Institute of Justice. Former correction and probation commissioner for New York City. Author of Downsizing Prisons: How to Reduce Crime and End Mass Incarceration.
Krisberg, Barry
510-208-0500
bkrisberg@aol.com
President, National Council on Crime and Delinquency, Oakland-based nonprofit conducting research, outreach on youth and adult corrections issues. Extensive background knowledge on California, national correctional trends
Macallair, Dan
415-722-1191.
Director, National Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice. San Francisco nonprofit, left-leaning, good research, extensive background on California corrections, other prison trends.
Petersilia, Joan
jpeters@uci.edu
UC Irving criminologist. Specialty: Parole, Re-entry. Has advised California governor on corrections, worked in many other states.
Simon, Jonathan
510-643-5169 jsimon@law.berkeley.edu
UC Berkeley's Boalt Law School professor. Good quote. Useful books include, Governing Through Crime: How the War on Crime Transformed American Democracy and Created a Culture of Fear.
Specter, Don
415-457-9144
dspecter@prisonlaw.com
Prison Law Office. California’s most experienced expert on prison litigation.
Verduin, Jacques
jverduin@comcast.net
Insight Prison Project. San Quentin State Prison-based nonprofit focusing on offender/victim reconciliation.
Weisberg, Robert
650-723-0612
Weisberg@stanford.edu
Stanford University School of Law. Expertise: criminal law, with an interest in prisons and sentencing and background in death penalty work.
Zimring, Frank
510-624-0854
fzimring@law.berkeley.edu
UC Berkeley's Boalt Law School professor. Expert on three strikes, California prisons, criminal sentencing.
Articles, Books, Reports, Research
Confronting Confinement
http://www.prisoncommission.org/report.asp
Useful, wide-ranging report produced in 2006 after a year of hearings by the Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons.
Corrections Department Operating Manuals
Each state should have one, outlining management policies and regulations for its prison system.
American Corrections
by Todd Clear, George Cole, Michael Reisig. (Thomson Wadsworth, 2006)
Great comprehensive textbook on the history and evolution of corrections in the United States.
Society of Professional Journalists—“Covering Prisons”
http://www.spj.org/prisonaccess.asp
Primer on media access to prisons. See Regulations governing journalists who visit. Check states of interest for updates.
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