Reentry Links by Issue/Region
Housing | Voting | Employment & Education | Advocacy & Legal | Media | Children & Families | Health |Government | Faith-based

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Providence Weed and Seed
Urban Institute - Reentry Mapping Network (RMN)

Housing and Direct Service Providers (back to top)
Rhode Island:
Advent House
Crossroads RI
Family Life Center- Housing Roundtable and Report
Providence Community Resource Network- Connecting people and organizations to resources, opportunities, and one another

National/Other:
Community Partners in Action- Connecticut reentry service provider
Newark Success- New Jersey reentry resources

Voting (back to top)
Rhode Island:
RI Right to Vote Campaign- Campaign to end felon disenfranchisement for people living in the community

National/Other:

Employment & Education (back to top)
Rhode Island:

National/Other:
Books through Bars -contacts for local programs throughout the US
Correctional Education Association- services to educators
FASTEN- Reentry programs toolkit including employment and ministries
Motheread- parenting and literacy curriculums for incarcerated individuals
National Assessment of Adult Literacy- get the facts on prison literacy
US Department of Labor Ready4Work Initiative- faith/community-based employment training partnership

Advocacy & Legal (back to top)
Rhode Island:
RI Family Life Center

National/Other:
ACLU- American Civil Liberties Union
CLAIM- Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers
Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
Critical Resistance- movement to end the prison-industrial complex
CURE- Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants
Education and Social Action Conference on Art and Rehabilitation in Prisons- curriculum and study
Efficacy- New England-based advocate for peaceful response to social problems
FAMM- Families Against Mandatory Minimums Foundation
Federal Prison Consultants, Inc.- prison reduction strategies
Human Rights and the Drug War- history of the war on drugs and advocacy for its casualties
Legal Action Center - includes a report on barriers to reentry
NebraskaPen.org- forum containing articles written by Nebraska inmates regarding NE criminal justice and prison systems
November Coalition- destructive and unneccessary incarceration related to the war on drugs
Physicians and Lawyers for National Drug Policy- promoting an accountable evidence-based public health approach
 PrisonActivist.org- independent news and activism links
Prison Sucks- research on the crime control industry
PrisonerLife- networking prisoners and ex-offenders in reentry
Sentencing Project- promotes reduced reliance on incarceration
Project Return- community-building crime intervention
Thundering Drums- Native American inmate/ex-offender support group and links
Urban Institute Reentry- extensive resources around the issue of reentry

Media (back to top)
Rhode Island:

National/Other:
Reentry National Outreach Media Campaign- media support for faith and community based organizations
Reentry and At-Risk Youth Media- educational materials and films pertaining to the issue
Prison Lullabies documentary film about women giving birth in a New York inmate nursery program

Children & Families (back to top)
Rhode Island:
Direct Action for Rights and Equality (DARE RI)
Rhode Islanders Sponsoring Education (RISE)
RI Family Life Center

National/Other:
Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents
Child Welfare League of America - resource center for children of prisoners
Family and Corrections Network- reentry resources and links
Families in Crisis, Inc. Connecticut family life agency
L.I.F.E (Living Interactive Family Education Program) family life program utilizing enhanced visitation
National Center on Fathers and Families
National Fatherhood Initiative - Long Distance Dads program for incarcerated fathers
 National Latino Father and Family Institute - programs and support for at-risk, adolescent, and incarcerated Latino fathers
Osborne Association- prisoner, reentry, and family services
Prisoners of Love- supporting friends and families of inmates

Health (back to top)
Rhode Island:
AIDS Care Ocean State

National/Other:
Jeff Dicks Medical Coalition advocating proper medical care for prisoners
NY AIDS in Prison Project - info clearinghouse, bilingual hotline for prisoners, counseling
RAND Research Brief- Prisoner Reentry: What are the Public Health Challenges?

Government (back to top)
Rhode Island:
RI Department of Corrections Reentry

National/Other:
US Department of Justice Reentry
American Correctional Association
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Federal Register
International Centre for Prison Studies
Justice Information Center (NCJRS)
National Center on Institutions and Alternatives
National Governors Association
National Institute of Corrections
National Institute on Drug Abuse
NIC Information Center

Faith-based (back to top)
Rhode Island:
American Friends Service Commitee of SE New England

National/Other:
Aleph Institute- Project HELP, Jewish faith-based rehabilitation
Christianity.com - directory of prison ministries
FASTEN- Reentry programs toolkit including employment and ministries
Gene Neill Worldwide Prison Ministries
 Jewish Prisoner Services
Prison Fellowship Online assistance to prison ministries worldwide

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