Below are a very few of many prison organizing resources. Please contact these groups directly for more information about their work. All of these organizations are former or current RESIST grantees or allies.

California Prison Focus
Stands up against the cruel conditions of the California prison system, especially advocating for the shutdown of all Security Housing Unit cells. 1904 Franklin Street, Suite 507, Oakland, CA 94612. www.prisons.org

Carolina Justice Policy Center
Organization dedicated to developing and promoting effective, equitable and humane solutions to criminal justice problems. P.O. Box 309, Durham, NC 27705. www.justicepolicycenter.org

Critical Resistance
Grassroots organization seeking to end the use of the prison industrial complex as a “solution” to deep social, political and economic problems. 1904 Franklin Street, Suite 504, Oakland, CA 94612. www.criticalresistance.org

Ex-Prisoners and Prisoners Organizing for Community Advancement
EPOCA is ex-prisoners and current prisoners, along with allies, friends and family, working together to create opportunities for those who have been incarcerated. 4 King St., Worcester, MA 01610. www.exprisoners.org

Human Rights Coalition
Made up of family members of incarcerted persons, HRC works to build a coalition of prisoners’ family members and to challenge the prison system. 4134 Lancaster Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19104. www.hrcoalition.org

Justice Works!
Group of prisoners, ex-prisoners and allies organizing against racism in the criminal justice system. PO Box 1489, Lake Stevens, WA 98258. www.justiceworks.info

Partnership for Safety and Justice
(Formerly Western Prison Project). Unites people convicted of crime, survivors of crime and families to redirect policies away from over-reliance on incarceration. PO Box 40085, Portland, OR 97240. www.safetyandjustice.org

Prison and Jail Project
Works to challenge the corrupt and racist criminal justice system in southwest Georgia. 1324 Georgia Highway 49 South, Americus, GA 31709.

Prison Law Project of the National Lawyers Guild
Provides support and assistance to prisoners serving as volunteer legal workers and publishes quarterly journal “Conspiracy” that focuses on recent legal news affecting prisoners. 558 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA 94110.

Prison Watch Project – American Friends Service Committee
Monitors human rights concerns, violations, and abuses of prisoners in the U.S. federal and state prison system. 89 Market Street, 6th floor, Newark, NJ 07102. www.afsc.org/nymetro/criminalJustice/prisonwatch.htm

Stateville Speaks
Advocates for systemic change in the criminal justice system, including substantial revision of Illinois laws and to end the state’s punitive attitude. 2237 Sunnyside Avenue, Westchester, IL 62504. www.illinoisprisontalk.com

Tamms Year Ten
Coalition of prisoners, ex-prisoners, families, artists and others protesting policies at Tamms supermax and calling for an end to psychological torture. PO Box 477501, Chicago, IL 60647. www.yearten.org


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