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- California's "Gulag" on Trial - Alexander Cockburn challenges the validity of U.S. imprisonment in this Nation article.
www.thenation.com/issue/991122/1122cockburn.shtml
- Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants - Crime reduction through reform of the criminal justice system in America. CURE
www.curenational.org
- Felony charges and conviction. Notes written by Felons - Felony convictions and what they means for an individual and society.
www.criminal-defense-us.com/felony-conviction.htm
- Frontline Primer - How the "Drug War" has led to numerous imprisonments with little or no evidence except from "snitches," reducing their own sentences by fingering innocent (often black) people.
www.pbs.org/frontline/shows/snitch/primer
- Native American Spiritual Freedom in Prison - Native Web's views on spiritual freedom in U.S. prison
www.nativeweb.org/pages/legal/trapp
- Outlawzzz.com - Where prisoners exercise first amendment rights of free speech and expression about crime and punishment in America. Offers educational, publishing, forensic, legal and ministry support.
www.outlawzzz.com
- PrisonZone - Authentic prison photos and prison art.
www.prisonzone.com
- Prosecutorial Misconduct - This web-site was designed to make the public aware of "how our legal system really works."
prosecutionalmisconduct.com
- Red Onion State Prison - Super-Maximum Prison in Virginia. "The day I arrived I was told that I was at Red Onion now and if I act up they would kill me and there was nothing anyone could or would do about it."
www.hrw.org/reports/1999/redonion
- Texas Prison Labor Union - The primary directives of the union are aimed at reform in the area of prison labor and expose human rights abuses that are common to the Texas Prison Complex.
www.geocities.com/prison_hell
- The Fortune Society - Staffed primarily by ex-offenders, the 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. Helps ex-offenders and at-risk youth break the cycle of crime and incarceration through a broad range of services.
www.fortunesociety.org
- The Prison Law Page - Prisons and prison law: including articles, case updates, a California prison primer and links on the death penalty and justice issues.
www.prisonwall.org
- Virginia's First Supermaximum Security Prison - Red Onion State Prison was the first of two supermaximum security prisons to open in Virginia in the past year. Intended to hold the state's most dangerous inmates, Red Onion -- and its twin, Wallens Ridge State prison -- restrict inmate movement and activities to a far greater extent than in maximum security facilities.
www.hrw.org/about/initiatives/onion.htm
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