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Learn more about the issues, community activism and how you can play a role in criminal justice reform today
Sister Marches and Rallies: For those who can't make it to Washington, DC, but wish to offer support and solidarity.The Patrick Crusade is hosting a DC March Transportation Online Forum. Whether you're organizing bus trips and car pools, or just looking for a ride, this is the place to connect. The Patrick Crusade is also hosting a forum: Why Am I Going To The March On DC? We'd like to hear from you - these informal messages will be available for media and promotional contacts. Review large collections of online and published resources you, or your group will need for organizing and mobilizing your friends, family and community. Justice Policy Institute is a non-profit research and a public policy organization dedicated to ending society's reliance on incarceration and promoting effective and just solutions to social problems. The Real Cost of Prisons Project brings together prison/justice policy activists with political economists to create popular education workshops and materials which explore both the immediate and long-term costs of incarceration on the individual, her/his family, community and the nation. The goals of the Real Cost of Prisons Project are to strengthen and deepen the organizing capacity of grassroots prison/justice activists and to broaden the public's understanding of the economic and social consequences of mass incarceration. Bottom's Up, a Guide to Grassroots Organizing: A comprehensive, step-by-step primer in how to educate the public and get the social change you want. Useful for both beginning activists and seasoned organizers, this how-to manual updates yearly by our friends at the November Coalition. Drug War Facts: "A valuable resource for anyone concerned with drug policy." - Ira Rosen, Senior Producer, ABC News. "A compendium of facts that fly in the face of accepted wisdom." - David F. Duncan, Clinical Associate Professor, Brown University Medical School Drug War Graphs - a collection of Incarceration Figures in stark graph format. Download as individual full-color images or complete PDF Format sets. Brought to you by the November Coalition. Truth: The Anti-Drug War - a vast compilation of facts & figures by private citizen Brian C. Bennett Prison Reform OrganizationsThese are the more prominent organizations out of literally hundreds. For a comprehensive list, visit the Media Awareness' Project Reform Groups Links search engineCalifornia Prison Moratorium Project seeks to stop all public and private prison construction in California. The money saved from California's prison construction budget should be used to fund and actively pursue alternatives to imprisonment for as many people as possible. Castle of Hope is a advocacy group that focuses on the treatment of prisoners and helping men and women when they get out of prison. Critical Resistance Home Page - A national organization dedicated to opposing the expansion of the prison industrial complex.
Drug Resource Coordination Network (DRCNet) FACTS (Families to Amend California's Three Strikes) Human Rights and the Drug War (HR95) Illicit Drug Policies: Selected Laws from the 50 States Jeff Dicks Coalition is an organization that focuses on getting medical help for prisoners who are being medically neglected. We try to stop the abuses committed on prisoners by guards, the rapes, beatings and the killing of prisoners just because they can do it. Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) Making the Walls Transparent. Florida State Prison Reform Media Awareness Project (MAPInc) Medical Assisted Treatment. Website dedicated to helping people with addictions. Includes case law to help prisoners receive the medical treatment they need. Middle Ground Prison Reform, Inc. National African American Drug Policy Coalition National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) Native American Indian Spiritual Freedom in Prison. New Vision Organization. Due to the lack of interest and the harsh sentencing policies enacted by the Federal and State government, prisoners and their families are forced to live a life of hopelessness and despair. November Coalition, working to end drug war injustice PATRICK Crusade is a Prison and Judicial reform group dedicated to human rights for every human being. It cites cases, law & government, prison links, organization links, research links and much more. |
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