Criminal / Juvenile Justice

Links

• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) National Prison Project
  Dedicated to ensuring that our nation’s prisons, jails, juvenile facilities and immigration detention centers comply with the Constitution, federal law, and international human rights principles, and to addressing the crisis of over-incarceration in the U.S.
• Bazelon Center
  Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law.
• Bazelon Center’s Publications for Individuals Involved in the Criminal Justice System
  The Bazelon Center produces reports, issue papers and manuals that analyze major federal laws, policies and regulations that affect access to services and the rights of people with mental disabilities.
• Building Bridges: An Act to Reduce Recidivism by Improving Access to Benefits for Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities upon Release from Incarceration
  Building Bridges offers states a strategy to reduce recidivism and help recently released inmates with psychiatric disabilities successfully transition to community life.
• Center for Law and Education: When Schools Criminalize Disability
  When Schools Criminalize Disability: Education Law Strategies for Legal Advocates explores various legal theories and strategies for challenging inappropriate school-initiated delinquency petitions and crime reports, and addressing their aftermath.
• Center for Mental Health Services GAINS Center
  The CMHS National GAINS Center has operated since 1995 as a national locus for the collection and dissemination of information about effective mental health and substance abuse services for people with co-occurring disorders in contact with the justice system.
• Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA)
  U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division: Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA)
• Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
  Coordinates all federal juvenile delinquency prevention programs, all federal programs and activities that detain or care for unaccompanied juveniles, and all federal programs relating to missing and exploited children.
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Police Brutality Complaints
  If you have a complaint of police brutality or the abuse of your rights by the police or other public officials, contact the nearest office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
• Federal Bureau of Prisons
  Federal Bureau of Prisons homepage - locate prisoners, facilities, and other information.
• Just Detention International (JDI) Resource Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse Behind Bars
  A unique State-By-State guide to legal and psychological counseling resources for survivors who are still incarcerated, those who have been released, and loved ones on the outside who are searching for ways to help.
• Legal Action Center
  LAC is a non-profit public interest law firm and policy organization that specializes in fighting discrimination against and protecting the rights of people with alcohol or drug problems, HIV/AIDS, or criminal records.
• Northern Panhandle Mental Health Court Diversion Program
  The Northern Panhandle Mental Health Court Diversion Program is an important step in enhancing public safety and realistically dealing with the repeat offender whose "major crime" is untreated mental illness.
• Office for Victims of Crimes
  The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) was established by the 1984 Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) to oversee diverse programs that benefit victims of crime.
• Re-entry Policy Council
  Established in 2001 to assist state government officials grappling with the increasing number of people leaving prisons and jails to return to the communities they left behind.
• Reentry Housing Options: The Policymakers' Guide
  Provides practical steps that lawmakers and others can take to increase public safety through better access to affordable housing for individuals released to the community.
• Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health Juvenile Justice Resource Series
  The Technical Assistance Partnership contracted with the National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice (NCMHJJ) to author these briefs. Each brief examines a unique aspect of serving this population within system of care communities.
• The Consensus Project Advocacy Handbook
  The Handbook is a how-to guide for advocates who want to improve the response to people with mental illnesses who are in contact with the criminal justice system.
• The Jailhouse Lawyer's Handbook
  How to bring a federal lawsuit to challenge violations of your rights in prison. A booklet published by the Center for Constitutional Rights.
• The National Re-Entry Resource Center
  Provides assistance to the prisoner reentry field.
• The National Resource Center for Children and Families of the Incarcerated at Family and Corrections Network
  NRCCFI at FCN is the oldest and largest organization in the U.S. focused on children and families of the incarcerated and programs that serve them.
• Tips for Law Enforcement & Corrections Personnel
  For Law Enforcement and Corrections Personnel: Encounters Involving People with Disabilities.
• U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Complaints
  To File a Complaint about:
  1: An institution - complaints about institutions such as jails, prisons, juvenile facilities, developmental disability/mental retardation facilities, mental health facilities or nursing homes.
  2: A law enforcement agency - complaints about law enforcement agencies, such as police or sheriff's departments.
  3: Access Act violations - interference with access to reproductive health clinics or places of religious worship.
• West Virginia Division of Corrections
  The West Virginia Division of Corrections - locate inmates, facilities, and information.
• West Virginia Division of Juvenile Services
  West Virginia Division of Juvenile Services - locate facilities and information.
• West Virginia Guidebook for Incarcerated Veterans
  Intended to provide current information to assist incarcerated veterans in West Virginia to access benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs.
• West Virginia Public Defenders
  Homepage of the West Virginia Public Defender Services.
• West Virginia Regional Jail Authority
  WV Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority - locate inmates, facilities, and information.