A COLLECTION OF QUALITY LINKS ABOUT PRISON ISSUES

	This is perhaps the biggest site, constantly growing in resource coverage, with association links, and pointers to just about every state and county in the U.S. as well as a whole lot more. Also houses the American Correctional Association home page and the Corrections YellowPages.
	A nicely-done site focusing on prison law and a whole lot more. See Rick's List of Prison Links for the hard-to-find topics like health and religion with state-by-state links.
	Boot Camps for Troubled Teens - A fairly comprehensive site on this topic.
	Criminal Justice Institute (Connecticut) - Publishers of Corrections Yearbook, keepers of links.
	C.O.'s (NYS) Information Page An extensive prison site maintained by a New York corrections officer and AFSCME advocate. Go here for prison news, gang info, and issues, especially union issues.
	Correctional Education Connections Click on the Detailed Site Contents to see a listing of topics and issues of interest to educators in corrections.
	Death Penalty Links A fairly comprehensive source on this topic. Also see the Death Penalty Information Center for online reports and a wealth of information, and don't forget the Critical Criminology home page for good death penalty links, prisons, punishment, and wrongful executions, or Prof. David's Death Penalty Resources.
	Departments of Correction for All States A comprehensive mega-site.
	Drama Therapy in Criminal Justice The Geese Theatre claims to have a rehabilitation technique.
	Families Against Mandatory Minimums Claims to be the most comprehensive source of info on sentencing laws.
	Guide to Gangs and Graffiti An online book that is corrections-oriented.
	Human Rights Watch Prison Group They monitor conditions & do research.
	IGC PeaceNet An online community of political activists who have amassed a collection of annotated links, including many prison-related ones.
	Innocence Project A law school program involved in DNA exonoration.
	Jail Gal's Prison Links An interesting collection of links from this home page.
	JailNet Somewhat the same as the ACA home page, but focused on jails.
	Jeff Dicks Coalition A nonprofit seeking adequate medical care for inmates.
	Journal of Prisoners on Prisons A rather unique online newsletter.
	Koch Crime Commission A privatization group with a boot camp directory.
	Mark's Parole & Crime This site fills a void in parole sites on the web, and also contains prison, gang, serial killer, sex offender, and substance abuse links.
	Men in the Justice System A list of links relating to men's issues & prisons.
	National Institute of Corrections The official information, education, and training center of the U.S. government, contains downloadable databases and lists of web resources.
	Penal Lexicon Although based in the UK, this site offers a tremendous amount of resources, including online training and distance education courses. They charge a $10 monthly subscription fee. Well worth the price.
	Pen Pals in Prison An inmate classified web page.
	Prison Issues Desk A project of the Prison Activist Resource Center (PARC), a source of news, analysis, & up-to-date statistics on prison issues.
	Prison Kids Support for children of inmates.
	Prison-Based Treatment Issues A Correctional Treatment Center in Texas.
	Prison Gangs A guide to gangs in general, both for the U.S. and Florida.
	Prison Industrial Complex Articles against privatization & about prison labor.
	Prison Issues A full range of issues related to prisons in society.
	Prison Legal News 15 years of publication history
	Prison Mental Health -- An extensive links page on this topic.
	Prison Privatization Research This is a good site on all things privatized.
	Prison Zone Prison photos, art, and links.
	Private Prisons: Profits of Crime A critique of privatization.
	Savage Thoughts This guy advocates flogging for prisoners.
	Spanish in the Correctional Setting Part of Depts of Correction in All States
	Stop Capital Punishment Now An abolition group's website
	Thy Keeper's Voice An online newsletter that is corrections-oriented.
	Truth in Justice A non-profit org dedicated to freeing innocent people.
	United States Parole Commission An excellent resource site.
	Vera Institute Prison alternative resources from this think tank.
	Weightlifting in Prison This site discusses the issue, for or against?
	Witticisms by Prisoners Famous last words of those about to be executed.
	Yahoo's Full Coverage/US News/Prison Issues The latest breaking news.

ASSOCIATIONS

	American Correctional Association - at Corrections.com
	American Jail Association - at Corrections.com
	International Association of Correctional Officers - huge site, OICJ homepage
	International Association of Correctional Training Personnel - for trainers

    In the following table, what I've tried to do rather than producing just another alphabetical list is create a way to do research on what corrections departments are doing right or wrong, as well as allow the viewer to visit their websites.  The rankings are based primarily on ACA 2003 cost figures with higher ranked states representing the lowest costs per inmate.  The content available column may or may not lead to a part of that state's website, and if other known content is available about that state, I try to provide a link to it.  All numbers are approximate, as inmate population counts change daily, but generally fluctuate no more than 20% up or down every year.

Last updated: 04/02/05
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