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Corrections / Forensics Mental Health Links
My job requires working with folks who have issues with the correctional
system as well as with mental health services. Some of the people with
whom I work have been acquitted of crimes committed on the basis that they
were "not guilty by reason of insanity" (or "NGRI"). ||
Since so many people are also incarcerated, it seemed necessary to develop
this set of resource links as well. Hope they are useful.agencies | alternatives to incarceration | corrections resources | forensics resources | prisoners' rights | death penalty | other resources |
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agenciesConnecticut Department of Corrections / http://www.state.ct.us/doc/ Connecticut Department of Public Safety / http://www.state.ct.us/dps/ U S Department of Justice Crime Statistics || http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/welcome.html
alternatives to incarcerationThe Sentencing Project || The Sentencing Project has provided technical assistance and helped to establish alternative sentencing programs in more than 20 states. These programs provide judges with a broad range of sentencing options that have resulted in the diversion of offenders from incarceration by making effective use of community resources and supervision. || http://www.sentencingproject.org/ Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants || dedicated to the reduction of crime through the reform of the criminal justice system; seeking are fair and humane treatment for prisoners, less reliance on incarceration as a solution to crime problems, more reliance on alternatives to prisons || http://www.curenational.org/index1.html Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice || http://www.cjcj.org/ National Center on Institutions and Alternatives || http://www.igc.org/ncia/
corrections resourcesAmerican Correctional Association || http://www.corrections.com/aca/ || Setting the standards for what it takes to run "services, programs and operations essential to good correctional management." Kind of like the JCAHO of Correctional Services American Society of Criminology / http://www.asc41.com/ Federal (USA) Criminal Law / http://www.fedcrimlaw.com The Keepers’ Voice / http://www.oicj.org/public/toc.cfm?series=KV || an online newsletter for corrections officers Custodial Officers' Decalogue || common sense guidelines. Too bad not all corrections personnel follow them || http://www.prisonwall.org/deca.htm Center for Rational Correctional Policy || http://www.correctionalpolicy.com/ || A valuable links resource site developed by a guy who identifies himself as "..an ex-con, criminologist, law school graduate..." Don't ask for legal advice from him (he says not to). Look around for what information may be useful.
forensics resourcesAustralian Forensics Psychiatry Site || David Willshire's extensive, and easy to make use of, forensics resource site || http://www.ozemail.com.au/~dwillsh/ J Hooper’s Forensic Sites || http://bama.ua.edu/~jhooper/ || ...and make sure to check out Hooper's Landmark Cases in Forensic Psychiatry. Well worth the visit. || http://jh4.net/lm-dir.html Forensic Psychiatry Resources || http://www.tncrimlaw.com/forensic/f_psych.html Zeno’s Forensics Page || give it time to download || http://forensic.to/forensic.html
prisoners’ rights resourcesFamilies & Children of Prisoners / http://www.fcnetwork.org/ || Info & Support for relatives of the incarcerated. In the days of "get tough" & "three-strikes" policies it's difficult to find folks willing to acknowledge that prisoners ...and their families... are human. This site is a valuable exception Tripp's Justice Links || http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1526/links.htm Criminal Injustice || http://home.earthlink.net/~mrcrusader/resource99.html || "Mr. Crusader's" Resource List | Lots of the resources listed here are not available online. Well worth the effort of picking up pen and paper, or even the telephone again. Prison Activist Resource Center / http://www.prisonactivist.org/ Prison Law Page / http://www.prisonwall.org/ || Rated "excellent" by MrCrusader's site and touted as "best prisoner law page" by the American Society of Criminology, Attorney Arnold Erickson has put together a valuable page of resources and mini-biographical accounts of prisoners to show some of the human faces behind the walls Prison Legal News / http://www.prisonlegalnews.org || put together by a very small group of hard working people. The webpage of the print newsletter published by two very courageous inmates in Washington state. After checking out the site, subscribe to the print version
death penalty sitesAustralian Coalition Against the Death Penalty || Acting in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Amnestry International, in that ... In a civilized society the killing of one cannot be justified by the killing of another || ACADP Behind Bars || one Australian's personal campaign to ensure that OZ does not get the death penalty back; rignmaster to the Autrailian webring site of same perspective; has some interesting stuff on the Texecutioner as well || Alex G's Behind Bars Moratorium 2000 || Sister Helen Prejean's ongoing online petition to eradicate the death penalty internationally || Moratorium's Petition
other resourcesEssays on Criminal Justice || John Albert presents some lengthy, thoughtful analyses on the sorry state of the USA system of incarceration || http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/8512/ Yahoo's True Justice webring || Close to 280 different websites devoted to criminal justice, personal pages on behalf of folks considered wronged, and resource links|| http://nav.webring.yahoo.com/hub?ring=inmate1&list A Prisoner's Dictionary / http://www.prisonwall.org/lingo.htm Prison Activists Links / http://www.prisonactivists.org/pc/links.html 12 steps to a Federal Prison Pardon / http://www.silicon-valley.com/pardonme/index.shtml |