Alaska Department of Corrections
http://www.correct.state.ak.us/
The home page of the Alaska Department of Corrections.
Alcatraz Island: U.S. Penitentiary
http://www.nps.gov/alcatraz/pen.html
From the National Parks Service.
American Correctional Association
http://www.aca.org/
The American Correctional Association is a multi-disciplinary organization of professionals representing all facets of corrections & criminal justice, including federal, state, and military correctional facilities and prisons, county jails and detention centers.
American Jail Association
http://www.aja.org/
Home page of the American Jail Association.
Anvil Mountain Correctional Center (AMCC)
http://www.correct.state.ak.us/corrections/institutions/amcc/
Anvil Mountain Correctional Center (AMCC) is a regional facility for sentenced and unsentenced adult felons and misdemeanants, both male and female located in Nome, Alaska
Arizona Department of Corrections
http://www.adc.state.az.us/
Homepage for the Arizona Department of Corrections
Behind Bars: Substance Abuse and America's Prison Population
http://www.casacolumbia.org/publications1456/publications_show.htm?doc_id=5745
Summary of a 281-page report released by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse(CASA), attributing the explosion in America's to criminal activity linked to drug and alcohol abuse.
Buena Vista Correctional Facility (BVCF)
http://exdoc.state.co.us/secure/combo/weblets/index.php/facilities/view/2
Located in Buena Vista, Colorado, BVCF was constructed in 1892 as the Colorado State Reformatory and served as housing for juveniles. BVCF today houses 955 adult male medium and minimum-restrictive inmates and has a staff of 364. Also located on the grounds of BVCF is the Colorado Corrections Alternative Program or "boot camp."
California Institution For Women (CIW)
http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Visitors/Facilities/CIW.html
CIW accommodates all custody levels of female inmates and functions as a reception/processing center for incoming female inmates. Also provides housing for inmates with special needs such as pregnancy, psychiatric care, methadone, and medical problems such as HIV-infection.
California's expanding prison-industrial complex
http://www.prisonactivist.org/crisis/prison-industrial.html
Various articles about California and the expanding role of prisons.
Central California Women's Facility (CCWF)
http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Visitors/Facilities/CCWF.html
Incarcerates California's female offenders in a secure, safe, disciplined and ethical institutional setting.
Child Visitation Program
http://www.state.tn.us/correction/inmateprograms/child.html
The Tennessee Prison sponsors a weekend visitation program which allows a child (up to his/her sixth birthday) to spend a weekend with his/her inmate-mother.
Colorado Department of Corrections
http://www.doc.state.co.us/
Colorado State Penitentiary (CSP)
http://exdoc.state.co.us/secure/combo/weblets/index.php/facilities/view/8
CSP opened in 1993, and is a 504 bed management control unit, housing the department's most violent and dangerous offenders.
Community Education Centers, Inc.
http://www.cecintl.com/
Private correctional corporation that provides a healthy, drug free, safe and secure environment within which staff provide treatment services for residents that focus on changing addictive and criminal behaviors.
Continuing Crime of Black Imprisonment
http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~kastor/ceml_articles/continuing.html
An article written by The Committee to End the Marion Lockdown about the current prison trends and the politics of incarceration in America.
Control Unit Prisons
http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~kastor/ceml_articles/cu_in_us.html
An article that will trace the history of control unit prisons in the United States from their beginnings in the early 1970's to the situation in 1992, as a means to understanding their function within the prison system.
Cornell Companies, Inc.
http://www.cornellcompanies.com/page.cfm?ctid=1
A private provider of adult secure services, community-based corrections services, and jail management services.
Correction (NCJRS)
http://www.ncjrs.gov/app/topics/topic.aspx?topicid=1
This section of the NCJRS Web site is an extensive source of information on corrections-related information and includes a collection of links to other corrections resources.
Correctional News Online
http://www.correctionalnews.com/ME2/Audiences/Default.asp?AudID=A8CD3887511441F7AA259DA5A2CCFA71
The most up-to-date information about the correctional building industry. Lists information on architects, designers, engineers, builders, management/operations (for owners and managers), suppliers, and finance/business firms.
Correctional Service of Canada
http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/
A goal of the Correctional Service of Canada is to make a positive difference in the lives of offenders and in the attitudes that govern their behavior.
Corrections Connection
http://www.corrections.com
Voted a Microsoft "Outstanding Criminal Justice Site," the Corrections Connections provides links to almost any correctional organization in the country, and to all kinds of corrections information. The Corrections Connection contains over 10,000 links to corrections-related sites and literature.
Corrections Corporation of America (CCA)
http://www.correctionscorp.com
Corrections Corporation of America is the leading private sector provider of detention and corrections services to federal, state, and local governments. The company designs, constructs, finances, and manages new or existing facilities.
Corrections Yellow Pages
http://www.correctionsyellow.com
This site is a search engine to find people and businesses in corrections field.
Cyberspace Inmates
http://www.cyberspace-inmates.com
This web site is devoted to inmates with their personal pages.
Denver Reception Diagnostic Center (DRDC)
http://www.doc.state.co.us/Facilities/drdc/drdc.asp
DRDC is the first stop for all offenders sentenced to the Department of Corrections. Located on Smith Road, just east of the Denver County Jail, staff at the 400-bed maximum security facility process, test and classify offenders entering the system, who then await placement at one of the other facilities.
Family and Corrections Network
http://www.fcnetwork.org/
The site offers information on children of prisoners, parenting programs for prisoners, prison visiting, incarcerated fathers and mothers, hospitality programs, prison marriage and more.
Federal Bureau of Prisons
http://www.bop.gov/
The BOP site provides various selections, including: Quick Facts and Statistics, Weekly Population Reports, Program Statements (Policies), Inmate Information, and Employment Information.
Florida Corrections Commission
http://www.fcc.state.fl.us/
Florida Department of Corrections
http://www.dc.state.fl.us/
Folsom State Prison (FSP)
http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Visitors/Facilities/fsp.html
California's second oldest prison, Folsom primarily houses Level II (medium custody) inmates.
Fortune Society
http://www.fortunesociety.org/
Staffed primarily by ex-offenders, The Fortune Society is a not for profit community-based organization dedicated to educating the public about prisons, criminal justice issues, and the root causes of crime.
Gangs Behind Bars—Prison Gangs
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_n36_v14/ai_21161641
Insight magazine article on prison gangs.
Global Bibliography of Prison Systems
http://www.uncjin.org/country/GBOPS/gbops.html
The primary goal for this bibliography is to provide practitioners, scholars, and students with a comprehensive source for identifying information written about the prison system in as many countries of the world as possible.
History of the North Carolina Prison System 1870-1970
http://www.doc.state.nc.us/admin/page1.htm
North Carolina Prison System 1870-1970
Illinois Department of Corrections
http://www.idoc.state.il.us
Imprisonment
http://www.ncpa.org/pi/crime/crime33b.html
This National Center for Policy Analysis site contains extensive information about imprisonment, including incarceration rates, the costs and benefits of imprisonment, prisoner profiles, and views on capital punishment.
Indiana Department of Correction
http://www.state.in.us/indcorrection/
Intimate Partner Violence
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/ipv.htm
A Bureau of Justice Statistics report on violence by intimates (current or former spouses, girlfriends, or boyfriends).
Iowa Department of Corrections
http://www.doc.state.ia.us/
Justice Action Australian Prison Reform
http://www.justiceaction.org.au/
The site organizes campaigns to expose issues such as corruption, misconduct, abuse, and strip searching.
Kansas Department of Corrections
http://www.accesskansas.org/kdoc/
Loophole In the Law California Governor's End Run Around Public on Prisons
http://www.pacificnews.org/jinn/stories/3.12/970610-prisons.html
Article about politics and prisons in California.
Maine Corrections
http://www.state.me.us/corrections/
Maryland Department of Correctional Services
http://www.dpscs.state.md.us
Massachusetts Department of Correction
http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eopsagencylanding&L=3&L0=Home&L1=Public+Safety+Agencies&L2=Massachusetts+Department+of+Correction&sid=Eeops
National Center on Institutions and Alternatives (NCIA)
http://www.ncianet.org/
NCIA is dedicated to developing quality programs and professional services that advocate timely intervention and unconditional care.
National Institute of Corrections
http://www.nicic.org/
NIC is an agency under the U.S. Department of Justice. It provides assistance to federal, state, and local corrections agencies working with adult offenders.
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF)
http://www.nleomf.com/
This is the Web site for the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF). This Web site contains information about fallen officers, officers of the month, and more.
New York State Archives: Department of Correction Services
http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/research/res_topics_legal.shtml
Describes in detail records of the Department of Correctional Services available for research at the New York State Archives. Records date from 1797 to about 1980, most dating from the 20th century. The majority of records relate to programs at maximum security prisons for male felons.
North Carolina Department of Corrections
http://www.doc.state.nc.us
Oregon Department of Corrections Home Page
http://www.doc.state.or.us
Other Side of the Wall
http://www.prisonwall.org/
Provides links to issues that surround life in prison. Includes prison news, original articles, death penalty information, and a prisoner's dictionary.
Other Side of the Wall
http://www.prisonwall.org/
Corrections issues from inmate's perspective.
Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP)
http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Visitors/Facilities/PBSP.html
Pelican Bay Sate Prison is designed to house the state's most serious criminal offenders in a secure, safe and disciplined institutional setting.
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
http://www.cor.state.pa.us/
Prison Activist Resource Center (PARC)
http://prisonactivist.org/
A source for progressive and radical information on prisons and the criminal prosecution system.
Prison Fellowship International
http://www.pfi.org
Christian ministry responding to needs of prisoners, ex-prisoners, families, etc.
Prison Issues Desk
http://www.prisonactivist.org
The Prison Issues Desk is the source for progressive and radical information on prisons and the criminal prosecution system.
Prison Legal News
http://www.prisonlegalnews.org/
The Prison Legal News is a monthly newsletter edited by Washington State prisoner Paul Wright.
Prison Legal News (Published by inmates)
http://www.prisonlegalnews.org
PLN newsletter covers prison-related news and analysis from across the country and around the world. It's focus is on prison struggle in all arenas.
Prison Privatization Research Site
http://www.ucc.uconn.edu/%7Elogan/
Studies, reports, statistics, and other information, most of it supporting private adult prisons.
Prison Statistics
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/prisons.htm
Links to the Bureau of Justice Statistics publications on prisons, which include information on incarceration rates, demographic characteristics, and more.
Prisoner's Dictionary
http://dictionary.prisonwall.org/
This site has a list of prison slang terms.
Prisoner's Dictionary (Argot)
http://dictionary.prisonwall.org/
Prisoners' Accomplice
http://www.policyreview.org/sept96/abuses.html
This 1996 Policy Review article argues that despite criticism of super-maximum-security facilities on human rights grounds these high security facilities are an essential part of the corrections system.
Prisons Aim to Keep, and Keep Ahead of, Convicts
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/1997/12/8583
Story about the use of technology in correctional facilities.
prisons and prisoner's rights: an overview
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/prisoners_rights.html
Federal and state laws govern the establishment and administration of prisons as well as the rights of the inmates.
Prisons Handbook (England)
http://www.prisons.org.uk/handbook.html#
The Definitive 840-Page Annual Guide to the Penal System of England & Wales.
Privatization of Prisons: The Public Policy Debate
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/6465/topic.html
A good overview of the debate.
Religion in Prison
http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/ev.php-URL_ID=2763&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Tests and summaries of research conducted in the area of religion in prison. The site is maintained by Dr. Harry Dammer of Niagra University (NY).
Rhode Island Department of Corrections
http://www.doc.ri.gov/index.php
Right-Sizing Justice: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Imprisonment in Three States
http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/cr_8.htm
A 1999 report from John DiIulio Jr. and others about whether too many people are behind bars.
Rising Cost of Prison
http://www.mnplan.state.mn.us/MediaRelease.html?Id=1382
This site covers Minnesota Planning's responsibility to develop an integrated long-range prison construction plan for the state.
San Quentin State Prison (SQ)
http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Visitors/Facilities/SQ.html
San Quentin is California's oldest and best known correctional institution. The prison today includes a reception center for new commitments, a parole violator unit, general population units, and a minimum security work crew unit. The state's only gas chamber and death row for all male condemned inmates are located at San Quentin.
South Dakota Department of Corrections
http://www.state.sd.us/corrections/corrections.html
Spring Creek Correctional Center (SCCC)
http://www.correct.state.ak.us/corrections/institutions/sccc/
Spring Creek Correctional Center is a maximum security, state operated adult correctional institution located in Seward, Alaska.
Stop Prisoner Rape
http://www.spr.org/index.asp
Stop Prisoner Rape (SPR) is a small but growing national non-profit organization dedicated to combatting the rape of male and female prisoners and to helping survivors of jailhouse rape.
Tennessee Department of Correction
http://state.tn.us/correction/
Tihar Prisons (India)
http://www.tiharprisons.nic.in/
Tihar Jail Complex in New Delhi is one of the largest prison complexes in the world. It comprises of six prisons in the Tihar Complex with a total population of around 11,500 prisoners against a sanction capacity of 3,687 prisoners. In a year about 50,000-60,000 prisoners remain lodged in these six prisons for different duration. This prison population has about 84% undertrials and includes about 550 women prisoners with about 70 children below 6 years of age dependent upon them. About 300 prisoners are foreigners.
U.S. Sentencing Commission Sitemap
http://www.ussc.gov/sitemap.htm
The United States Sentencing Commission is an independent agency in the judicial branch of government. Its principal purposes are: (1) to establish sentencing policies and practices for the federal courts, (2) to advise and assist Congress and the executive branch about sentencing policies.
University of Alaska Anchorage/Justice Center Web Site
http://justice.uaa.alaska.edu/rlinks/corrections/
State of Alaska corrections links
Utah Department of Corrections
http://www.cr.ex.state.ut.us/
Voices and Visions: The Family and Corrections
http://www.fcnetwork.org/1stconf/fmcorcon1.html
This is the article from the First National Conference and was the culmination of the vision and dedication of many individuals and organizations committed to the support of offender-family relationships.
Washington State Department of Corrections
http://www.doc.wa.gov
Weight Lifting and Recreation
http://www.strengthtech.com/stmap.htm
This pages explores the issues relating to prisons and recreation.
Wildwood Correctional Complex (WWCC)
http://www.correct.state.ak.us/corrections/institutions/wwcc/default.htm
Wildwood Correctional Complex consists of a long term sentenced facility, a pre-trial facility, and an Alaska correctional industries facility.
Wisconsin Department of Corrections
http://www.wi-doc.com/
World Prison Population List
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs/r88.pdf
Data on the number of prisoners held in some 180 independent countries and dependent territories.
Wyoming Department of Corrections
http://doc.state.wy.us/corrections.html
Wyoming Honor Farm
http://doc.state.wy.us/prisons/honor_farm.asp
Wyoming Honor Farm is a minimum security facility with a mission that provides educational, vocational, treatment and a variety of agricultural work programs for adult male offenders.
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