Partner Organizations
Criminal Justice Advocacy and Service Organizations
College Initiative
http://www.collegeinitiative.org/ci/reentry_resources/reentry_news/
Presbyterian Prison Partnership
http://www.hudrivpres.org/index.php?n=7
www.reentry.net/ny
Reentry.Net is first ever clearinghouse of practical advocate resources on the civil consequences of criminal proceedings.
www.hirenetwork.org
The National H.I.R.E. Network’s Mission is to increase the number and quality of job opportunities available to people with criminal records by improving policies, practices, and public opinion. To learn more about resources available in your state or other states in which you are interested, visit the Resources and Assistance area.
www.communityalternatives.org
The Center for Community Alternatives (CCA) is a leader in the field of community-based alternatives to incarceration. Through innovative and pioneering services as well as the research, public advocacy and training of its Justice Strategies division, CCA fosters individual transformation, reduces reliance on incarceration and advocates for more responsive juvenile and criminal justice policies.
www.wpaonline.org
WPA is a service and advocacy organization committed to helping women with criminal justice histories realize new possibilities for themselves and their families. Our program services make it possible for women to obtain work, housing, and health care; to rebuild their families; and to participate fully in civic life. Through the Institute on Women & Criminal Justice, WPA pursues a rigorous policy, advocacy, and research agenda to bring new perspectives to public debates on women and criminal justice.
www.osborneny.org
By transforming the lives of those involved in the criminal justice system, the Osborne Association's programs demonstrate that there are policies and procedures our nation can adopt that can foster a more effective and efficient criminal justice system and a safer and more just society. We believe that relying only on imprisonment as a response to crime is a costly and counterproductive approach that fails to take into account people's basic capacity to change.
www.etcny.org
Exodus Transitional Community provides supportive services to men and women who are in transition from incarceration to full reintegration into their communities by helping individuals build stable lives, promoting social and economic well-being, therefore breaking the cycle of recidivism.
www.projectgreenhope.org
Project Greenhope's mission is to empower women involved in substance abuse and the criminal justice system to reclaim their lives, reunite with their families, and rebuild their communities.
www.citizensinc.org
Citizens Against Recidivism, Inc. (CARE) is an organization that provides transitional services to formerly incarcerated persons by providing family support in the form of workshops on Domestic Violence, Deliquency Intervention, and Inside-outside Relationships.
www.fortunesociety.org
The Fortune Society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening the fabric of our communities by promoting successful prisoner re-entry. For the last 40 years has provided education, counseling and other valuable life-skills training to this historically underserved population, helping them become contributing members of society. (Prisoner Re-Entry, "Changing Minds & Building Lives")
www.brennancenter.org
The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School is a non-partisan public policy and law institute that focuses on the fundamental issues of democracy and justice. Their work ranges from voting rights to redistricting reform, from access to the courts to presidential power in the fight against terrorism. A singular institution ¡V part think tank, part public interest law firm, part advocacy group ¡V the Brennan Center combines scholarship, legislative and legal advocacy, and communications to win meaningful, measurable change in the public sector.
www.cssny.org
The Community Service Society of New York (CSS) has been the leading voice on behalf of low-income New Yorkers for 160 years and continues to advocate for the economic security of the working poor in the nation's largest city. (The New York City Reentry Roundtable, a project of CSS, partnered with ICARE on its first Reentry Advocacy Day in Albany on May 22, 2007 to speak with legislators and staff about the challenges facing formerly incarcerated New Yorkers and promote policy initiatives to assist the reentry of the formerly incarcerated into the workforce and their home communities.)
www.collegeandcommunity.org
College & Community Fellowship (CCF) is unique among organizations aimed at helping people reclaim their lives after prison. Many programs try to address the basic needs of people returning to the community from prison, but only CCF guides them through the stages of higher education while promoting their leadership, self-advocacy, artistic expression, civic participation and long-term economic security. CCF is primarily geared towards helping women, though male students are eligible.
www.bronxdefenders.org
Bronx Defenders - In Defense of Justice in Our Communities Created and staffed by advocates with a broad vision of public defense work, The Bronx Defenders views clients not as "cases," but as whole people: caring parents, hard workers, recent immigrants, native New Yorkers, and students with hope for the future. When "revolving door" justice continually churns individuals in and out of the system, winning an appropriate sentence is not enough: in order to truly improve the lives of our clients, their communities, and the safety of society as a whole, defenders must develop new solutions to break the cycle.
www.communityjusticecenter.org
The Community Justice Center (CJC) is a public safety organization, contributing to the protection of communities and individuals through Restorative Justice (RJ) education and programming. The CJC goals are to elevate the voices of victims and indirect victims; to hold offenders accountable while teaching them about the true cost of crime and to increase public safety.
www.ccr-ny.org
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) is a non-profit legal and educational organization dedicated to protecting and advancing the rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. CCR uses litigation proactively to advance the law in a positive direction, to empower poor communities and communities of color, to guarantee the rights of those with the fewest protections and least access to legal resources, to train the next generation of constitutional and human rights attorneys, and to strengthen the broader movement for constitutional and human rights. CCR ran the successful Telephone Justice Campaign in New York State on behalf of people in prison and their families; see www.telephonejustice.org.
www.correctionalassociation.org
The Correctional Association of New York is an independent, non-profit organization founded by concerned citizens in 1844 and granted unique authority by the New York State Legislature to inspect prisons and to report its findings and recommendations to the legislature, the public and the press. Through monitoring, research, public education and policy recommendations, the Correctional Association strives to make the administration of justice in New York State more fair, efficient and humane. The Association believes that the criminal justice system, in general, and prison issues, in particular, are among the most pressing civil rights issues of our time and can no longer be treated separately from other public policy concerns. Jails, prisons, and related criminal justice activities consume an extraordinary amount of tax dollars while useful government programs like higher education and job training go begging for funds. Through advocacy, public education, and developing and promoting workable alternative proposals, the Correctional Association seeks to create a more fair, efficient and humane criminal justice system and a more safe and just society.
Restorative Justice Websites
www.coloradorestorativejustice.org
The Forum on Restorative Community Justice is committed to engaging every individual, organization and community in adopting the values and principles of restorative community justice. This effort involves all aspects of the community including citizens, schools, faith communities, courts, corrections, law enforcement, human services, businesses, and mental health. Over the past five years, we have brought together those who actively promote and practice the values of restorative community justice. We have worked in collaboration thousands invested and passionate individuals, organizations and communities. We are a nonprofit, membership organization.
www.voma.org
Victim Offender Mediation Association (VOMA), an international membership association, supports and assists people and communities working at models of restorative justice. VOMA provides resources, training, and technical assistance in mediation, conferencing, circles, and related restorative justice practices.
www.restorativejustice.org
Restorative Justice Online is a service of the Centre for Justice & Reconciliation at Prison Fellowship International. Information on PFI can be found on the Prison Fellowship International Website. The purpose of Restorative Justice Online is to be an authoritative, credible, non-partisan source of information on restorative justice. |
