APPENDIX X: TEN WAYS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WOMEN IN PRISON
1. On decreasing the number of people in prison through ending mandatory minimums and three-strikes laws, see:
—Families Against Mandatory Minimums (famm.org)
—Drug Policy Alliance (drugpolicy.org)
—Californians United for a Responsible Budget (curbprisonspending.org)
—The Sentencing Project (sentencingproject.org)
2. On reform of the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) of 1997, which results in the termination of parental rights for women in prison, see:
—Brennan Center for Justice (brennancenter.org)
—The Sentencing Project (sentencingproject.org)
3. On reproductive justice in prison, see:
—Sister Song (sistersong.net) Provides advocacy training.
—Justice Now (jnow.org) Fights to end illegal sterilizations of imprisoned women.
4. On the shackling of pregnant women in prison, and local organizing on this issue, see The Rebecca Project for Human Rights’ guide, at rebeccaproject.org/images/stories/policypapers/state_shackling_policies_memo.pdf.
5. On reducing excessive collect telephone charges for people in prison, see:
—Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants (curenational.org)
—The Campaign to Promote Equitable Telephone Charges (etccampaign.com)
6. On supporting lives uninhibited by post-conviction retribution for women after prison, see:
—Legal Action Center (lac.org)
—All of Us or None (allofusornone.org)
7. On starting a reentry initiative through the National Reentry Resource Center, see: (nationalreentryresourcecenter.org/topics/starting-reentry-initiative)
8. On donating books to empower women in prison, see the Women’s Prison Book Project: (wpbp.org/book-donations)
9. On promoting nonviolent solutions to child sexual abuse and domestic violence, see:
—Generation 5 (.generationfive.org)
—Creative Interventions (creative-interventions.org)
10. On donating to organizations fighting for justice in women’s prisons, see:
NATIONAL:
The Rebecca Project for Human Rights (rebeccaproject.org)
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (prisonerswithchildren.org)
ALABAMA:
Aid to Inmate Moms (inmatemoms.org)
CALIFORNIA:
Justice Now (jnow.org)
A New Way of Life (anewwayoflife.org)
GEORGIA:
SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW (sparkrj.org)
ILLINOIS:
Chicago Legal Aid to Incarcerated Mothers
MASSACHUSETTS:
Aid to Incarcerated Mothers
(catalogueforphilanthropy.org/ma/2003/aid_incarcerated_908.htm)
OREGON:
The Portia Project (theportiaproject.org)
NEW YORK:
Women on the Rise Telling HerStory (womenontherise-worth.org)
Women in Prison Project—Correctional Association of New York (New York)