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Policy Research Associates

Policy Research Associates

Policy Research Associates, Inc. was founded in 1987 with the stated mission of “Creating positive social change for people and communities through technical assistance, research, and training.” We began with one research project, and since then have grown in size and project diversity while ...
Prison Activist Resource Center

Prison Activist Resource Center

PARC is a prison abolitionist group committed to exposing and challenging all forms of institutionalized racism, sexism, able-ism, heterosexism, and classism, specifically within the Prison Industrial Complex (PIC). PARC believes in building strategies and tactics that build safety in our ...
Prison Fellowship

Prison Fellowship

Every person is made in the image of God. No life is beyond His reach. Founded in 1976, Prison Fellowship® exists to serve all those affected by crime and incarceration, and to see lives and communities restored in and out of prison—one transformed life at a time. Incarceration touches all of ...
Prison for Profit

Prison for Profit

DHS has recently made even more contracts with these companies to build 11 new facilities for detaining immigrants. DHS promises over 90% capacity on average and somtimes contractually agrees to 100% occupancy for these prisons that are not even built yet. With these unheard of minimum ...
Prison Industry Divestment Movement

Prison Industry Divestment Movement

From 2008- 2011, Freedom to Thrive (Formerly Enlace) undertook strategic research on mass incarceration and deportations. In 2011 Freedom to Thrive launched the Prison Industry Divestment Campaign to address the root causes of harm to communities of color caused by the Criminal and Immigration ...
Prison Legal News

Prison Legal News

Prison Legal News (PLN), a project of the non-profit Human Rights Defense Center, is a 72-page monthly magazine that reports on criminal justice issues and prison and jail-related civil litigation, with an emphasis on prisoners’ rights. PLN has published continuously since 1990 and covers ...
Prison Phone Justice

Prison Phone Justice

This site deals with the issue of prison and jail phone calls, which typically cost much more than non-prison calls. Prison phone contracts are based on a “commission” model, where the phone service provider pays a commission (kickback) to the contracting government ...
Prison Photography

Prison Photography

I am not a photographer. I look and comment. I work as an independent writer, curator and educator. WHERE San Francisco Bay Area, California. Born and raised in Lancashire, England. WHY PRISONS? I believe the United States needs to pursue large-scale prison and sentencing reform. We must ...