Incarcerated Women

Free Battered Women – formerly known as the California Coalition for Battered Women in Prison (CCBWP), is a statewide grassroots coalition of currently and formerly incarcerated women, their families, activists, attorneys, students, community members, and other dedicated individuals throughout the state who strive to end the re-victimization of battered women in prison, San Francisco, CA.

Legal Services for Prisoners with Children – advocates for the human rights and empowerment of incarcerated parents, children, family members and people at risk for incarceration. We respond to requests for information, trainings, technical assistance, litigation, community activism and the development of more advocates. Our focus is on women prisoners and their families, and we emphasize that issues of race are central to any discussion of incarceration, San Francisco, CA.

National Directory of Programs for Women with Criminal Justice Involvement, National Institute of Corrections of the U.S. Department of Justice – a place where practitioners, policymakers, and community members can find information on programs and services for women in the criminal justice system. The database includes programs and services for women at all states of criminal justice involvement, both in correctional facilities and in the community, Washington, DC.

Women in Prison Project, Correctional Association of New York – dedicated to addressing the effects of the state’s criminal justice policies on women and their families, New York, NY.

Women’s Prison Association – 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, New York, NY.