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Criminal Justice Policy Coalition 99 Chauncy St Room 310, Boston, MA, 02111 Involved in work and outreach around numerous prison issues. Florida Institutional Legal Services, Inc. 1110-B NW 8th Ave Gainesville, FL, 32601 Provides legal resources, prisoner support. Freedom House Immigrant Justice Project 2630 W Lafayette, Detroit, MI, 48216-2019 Legal resources, especially Latino/a, Chicano/a issues. Friends and Families of Incarcerated Persons PO Box 93601, Las Vegas, NV, 89193 Legal resources for friends and families of prisoners. Southern Center for Human Rights c/o 83 Poplar St. NW Atlanta, GA, 30303-2122 Civil rights organization doing lots of work around prison issues, anti-racism. Legal resources are available. Human Rights Watch Prison Project 350 5th Ave. 34th Floor New York NY 10118-3299 National organization dedicated to research, analysis, and publicizing human rights violations, and working towards stopping them. Legal Publications in Spanish, Inc. Publicaciones Legales en Espanol, Inc. PO Box 623 Palisades Park NJ 07650 Publications, legal resources in Spanish. Inmates Legal Assistance Program 78 Oak Street, PO Box 260237, Hartford, CT Legal Assistance in civil matters. Legal Services for Prisoners with Children 1540 Market St. Suite 490 San Francisco CA 94102 Legal resources and issues around women in prison. National Association of Legislative Review (NALR) PO Box 3064 Russellville AR 72801-9998 Legal resources. National Lawyers Guild National Office 143 Madison Avenue, 4 th Floor New York, NY 10016 Membership organization of progressive lawyers. Copublishers of this Handbook. Prison Activist Resource Center PO Box 339 Berkeley CA 94701 Clearinghouse for information and resources on organizing for prisoners rights, prison issues, anti-racism. Prison Book Project PO Box 396 Amherst MA 01004-0396 Sends free books to prisoners. Prison Law Offfice - San Quentin General Delivery San Quentin CA 94964 Legal resources in California. Prison Law Office – Davis UC Davis PO Box 4745 Davis CA 95617 Legal resources in California. Prison Legal Aid Network 1521 Alton Rd. #366 Miami Beach FL 33139 Legal resources in Florida, the South. Prison Reform Advocacy Center 617 Vine St #1428 Cincinnati OH 45202 Center for research and analysis of prison issues; legal resources, medical information, etc. Prisoner Litigation Support, Inc. PO Box 83 Lonoke AR 72086 Legal and other resources. Focus on prisoners rights, especially prisoners from communities of color. Prisoner Self Help Legal Clinic 35 Halsey St. Suite 4B Newark NJ 07102 Very good self-help legal kits on a variety of issues. Southern Poverty Law Center P.O. Box 548 Montgomery AL 36101 Legal resources and publications. Also files class-action suits around prison conditions. Western Prison Project PO Box 40085 Portland OR 97240 Resources and publications around prison issues, focusing on the northwestern United States. B. PUBLICITY The best way to publicize your case is to have a contact, like a family member or a friend, who is on the outside do the work for you. They will have much more access to the media, the internet, and communications in general. Make sure it is someone you trust, who also has time to dedicate to the work, and who will be honest about what they can and cannot do. Provide them with detailed and specific information regarding your case, but remember to keep any original paperwork you may have. If you decide to go about publicizing your case yourself, we have provided a short list of places you can write to, besides the support organizations already mentioned. Again, when writing, be specific and focus on what you believe are the main points of your case. You will also want to always include a JAILHOUSE LAWYERS HANDBOOK - APPENDIX 83
cover letter, briefly introducing yourself and telling the publication why you are writing them. Z Magazine 18 Millfield Street Woods Hole, MA 02543 A progressive, national magazine that is always looking for writing submissions. Pacifica Radio National Programming 2390 Champlain St., NW Second Floor Washington, D.C. 20009 Progressive radio, often covering stories on prisoners and prison issues. If convicted of a federal crime, you can request the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure for $4.25 and the Federal Rules of Evidence for $2.50. These books will not assist state prisoners. All prices include postage. Write to: Superindendent of Documents PO Box 371954 Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954 B. NATIONAL RESOURCES Please note that prices may change on many of the publications. CounterPunch PO Box 228 Petrolia, CA 95558 Alternative media magazine, covering issues not addressed by mainstream media. The Progressive 409 East Main Street Madison, WI 53703 Excellent leftist magazine. Publishers BlackCommentator.com Suite 473 93 Old York Road Jenkintown PA 19046 Weekly internet publication focusing on African- American issues and radical politics. Best contacted by internet at www.blackcommentator.com if you have a friend on the outside. The Nation 33 Irving Place New York, New York 10003 Highly acclaimed national progressive publication. APPENDIX E: Prisoners’ Rights Books & Newsletters A list of printed publications and books that you can order for further assistance. A. FEDERAL RESOURCES Federal Rules of Civil Procedure - $7.50 Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure - $3.75 Columbia University Jailhouse Lawyers Manual is an excellent resource, updated every two years. Highly recommended, especially if you are incarcerated in New York state. Please refer to the full page order form at the end of this handbook. Protecting Your Health & Safety is a publication of the Southern Poverty Law Center, and explains the legal rights inmates have regarding health and safety – including the right to medical care and to be free from inhumane treatment. Another excellent jailhouse lawyer resource. Send $10 and your request to: Southern Poverty Law Center, Protecting Your Health and Safety, P. O. Box 548, Montgomery, Alabama 36101- 0548. Prison law libraries can receive copies for free upon request. Constitutional Rights of Prisoners, 7 th edition. Send order and check to: Lexis-Nexis Matthew Bender, 1275 Broadway, Albany, NY 12204. Cost is $70.00. Please make checks payable to LexisNexis Matthew Bender. Cohen and Olson’s Legal Research in a Nutshell, 8 th Edition. West Publishing, 610 Opperman Drive, Eagan, MN 55123 The Prisoners’ Guide to Survival. A comprehensive legal assitance manual for postconviction relief and prisoners’ civil rights. For prisoners, send $54.95 to: PSI Publishing, Inc., 413-B 19 th Street, #168, Lynden, WA 98264 The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. Write to: Attn Business Office, Bluebook Orders, Harvard Law Review Association, Gannett JAILHOUSE LAWYERS HANDBOOK - APPENDIX 84
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