Correctional Web Links

North Carolina Sites	Alternative Sentencing	Restorative Justice	Professional Organizations
Federal Sites	Capital Punishment	Probation and Parole	History
Policy	Community Corrections	Miscellaneous

	North Carolina Central Prison - Located in Raleigh
	North Carolina Department of Corrections
	North Carolina Department of Corrections Division of Community Corrections
	North Carolina Department of Corrections Victims' Services
	North Carolina Training and Standards Division

	Federal Bureau of Prisons
	Federal Bureau of Prisons Statistics
	Inmate Placement Branch - Enhances post-release employment opportunities for federal prisoners
	National Center on Institutions and Alternatives
	National Institute of Corrections - Provides leadership and direction for the field of corrections
	NCJRS Corrections Section - Searchable area for sites and on-line publications
	United States Sentencing Commission

	Center for Court Innovation
	Community Justice Exchange
	National Association of Sentencing Advocates
	National Center on Institutions and Alternatives
	The Sentencing Project - A national leader in the development of alternative sentencing and in the reform of criminal justice

	Amnesty International's Program to Abolish the Death Penalty - Updated information and credible sources
	Capital Defense Weekly - Capital punishment issues and weekly updates
	LII's Laws about the Death Penalty
	Dead Man Talkin' - Columns written by a death row inmate in California
	Death Penalty - Excellent resource about the death penalty with statistics
	Death Penalty and the ACLU
	Death Penalty Information Center
	Fight the Death Penalty in the United States - Dedicated to the abolition of the death penalty
	Hands Off Cain - Lobbying group against the death penalty
	Mining Co: Capital Punishment Links
	North Carolina Offenders on Death Row
	Pro-Death Penalty.com - Site dedicated for the support of the death penalty
	Southern Center for Human Rights Death Penalty Information

	The Balanced and Restorative Justice Project (BARJ)
	Center For Peacemaking and Conflict Studies
	Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking - From the University of Minnesota, great resource on monographs and research articles available online
	Community Justice Exchange
	Conflict Resolution/Peer Mediation Project
	Conflict Transformation Program
	Directory of Victim-Offender Mediation Programs in the United States
	Mediation Information and Resource Center
	Mediation and Dispute Resources Site - Full of articles and essays about mediation
	Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation
	National Center for Community Mediation
	National Center for Victims of Crime
	Resolving Conflict Creatively between Victims and Offenders
	Restorative Justice - The Justice Fellowship Home Page
	Restorative Justice.Com - web site facilitated by Tom Cavanaugh dedicated to learning together how to heal the harm of crime
	Restorative Justice in Australia - From the Australian Institute of Criminology
	Restorative Justice Online - A great resource for information on restorative justice
	Restorative Justice On-Line Notebook - The NIJ's on-line resource dedicated to promote the understanding of restorative justice
	Victim Offender Mediation Association (VOMA) - Supports and assists people and communities working at restorative models of justice
	Victim-Offender Reconciliation Program (VORP)

	American Probation and Parole Association
	Bureau of Justice: Probation and Parole Statistics
	Georgia Department of Corrections - Strong advocates of Intensive Supervised Probation (ISP)
	Probation and Parole Forum
	Vermont Department of Corrections - Utilizes a reparative probation approach

	American Correctional Association - The leading professional organization for the corrections field
	American Jail Association - The American Jail Association (AJA) is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting those who work in and operate our nation's jails
	American Probation and Parole Association
	Coalition for Federal Sentencing Reform - Assessing the Federal Sentencing Guidelines over a 10 year period
	Correctional Accreditation Manager's Association - committed to developing a better understanding of the accreditation process
	Corrections Corporation of America - Leaders in the private corrections industry
	The North American Association of Wardens & Superintendents (NAAWS)
	Texas Inmate Families Association - A support group designed to help the families of those who are incarcerated

	Alcatraz: The Warden Johnston Years
	Eastern State Penitentiary

	The Brookings Institution - A research group that publishes public policy reform treatises
	Center for Court Innovation
	Cure - A prison and jail reform advocacy group
	Families Against Mandatory Minimums Foundation - A national organization of citizens working to reform federal and state mandatory sentencing laws that remove judicial discretion
	Hands Off Cain - Lobbying group against the death penalty
	Justice Concepts, Incorporated - Providers of ideas and services for decision makers who seek solutions to difficult and, usually, costly jail and corrections problems
	National Center on Institutions and Alternatives
	Peacemaking and Crime - Discusses an alternative to the war on crime
	The Sentencing Project - A national leader in the development of alternative sentencing and in the reform of criminal justice
	The Vera Institute - Originally developed from the Manhattan Bail Project, the research group examines issues and policy for the entire criminal justice system

	American Community Corrections Institute - Offers a wide range of cognitive life skills restructuring workbooks for youth and adults
	Center for Community Alternatives
	Bureau for Justice Assistance - Center for evaluating correction programs
	National Institute of Corrections: Community Corrections Section
	What Is Community Corrections? - Excellent overview written by J.S. Claggion

	Committee to End the Marion Lockdown - An anti-racist group which fights against the brutality of ``control unit'' prisons
	T he Corrections Connection - Site dealing with news and issues dealing with the corrections industry
	Human Rights Watch Prison Project
	Gangs in Prison
	Jail.Net - Useful information about federal and state resources, including news and legislation
	The Other Side of the Wall - Site dealing with prisoner issues, including writings by inmates
	Prison Legal News - A monthly journal written by Washington State inmate Paul Wright
	Prisoner's Dictionary
	Prisoner Litigation Cases
	Prison Zone - Art, photos, and writings about prisons
	Yahoo's News about Prison Issues