Library
Resources
-
"Get Out Of Jail Free" Report on SSI Applications for People Leaving Prison (Empire Justice Center)
-
*UPDATED* Defender Toolkit & Padilla Compliance Guide: Using Knowledge of “Enmeshed Penalties” (or Collateral Consequences) to Get Better Results in the Criminal Case (The Bronx Defenders)
-
A Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual, Ninth Edition (Columbia Human Rights Law Review)
-
Accuracy Counts: Incarcerated People and the Census (Brennan Center for Justice)
-
At America's Expense: The Mass Incarceration of the Elderly
-
Bard Prison Initiative
-
Child Support & Reentry (Overview Presentation, The Bronx Defenders)
-
Cost Savings That Would Accrue to New York Under the Assembly's Drug Law Reform Bill (A-7078 of 2003)
-
CourtHelp (NYS Unified Court System)
-
Directory of New York State Criminal Justice Agencies
-
Empire Justice Center: Disability Web Page
-
Fact Sheet on 2010 Changes to New York's Adoption & Safe Families Act (Women in Prison Project, Correctional Association)
-
Find a Public Defender in New York State (New York State Defenders Association)
-
Find a Public Defender in Your State
-
Frequently Asked Questions: Civic Participation
-
Healthcare in New York Prisons 2004-2007 (Correctional Association of New York)
-
How New York Could Save Millions: The Potential Cost Savings and Public Safety Benefits of the Temporary Release Program (Center for Community Alternatives)
-
How to Get and Clean Up a Rap Sheet in Your State (Reentry Net)
-
How to Help: When a Person with Mental Illness Goes to Prison (Urban Justice Center’s Mental Health Project and the National Alliance on Mental Illness)
-
Interfaith Coalition of Advocates for Reentry and Employment (ICARE)
-
Know Your Rights: Environmental Hazards and Toxic Materials
-
Know Your Rights: Freedom of Religion
-
Know Your Rights: Legal Rights of Disabled Prisoners
-
Know Your Rights: Privileged and Non-Privileged Mail
-
Know Your Rights: Publications Sent by Mail
-
Know Your Rights: The Prison Litigation Reform Act
-
New York State DOCS Inmate Lookup
-
New York State Statistics Website
-
No Exit: The Expanding Use of Life Sentences in America (The Sentencing Project)
-
NYS Criminal Justice System Handbook (NYS Unified Court System)
-
One Size Does Not Fit All: Why The Census Bureau Should Change the Way It Counts Prisoners (Brennan Center for Justice)
-
Prison Legal News
-
Prisoners Rights Fact Sheets (ACLU)
-
Representing Individuals with Criminal Records Under the LSC Act and Regulations (NLADA)
-
Resource Guide for Teens with a Parent in Prison or Jail (Project WHAT!)
-
Sample Notice of Claim of Police/Corrections Misconduct: New York State (The Bronx Defenders)
-
Second Chance Act of 2004: Full text of HR 4676
-
Second Chance Act of 2005: Full text of HR 1704
-
Social Security and Supplemental Security Income Overpayments: A Practical Guide (2005) (Legal Services for New York City)
-
Stipulation of Settlement: Brad H. v. Guiliani (Urban Justice Center)
-
Strategies for Release - 2009 (Citizens Against Recidivism, Inc.)
-
The Jailhouse Lawyer's Handbook (Center for Constitutional Rights and National Lawyers Guild)
-
Time Served: A State-by-State Analysis
-
Time Served: The High Cost, Low Return of Longer Prison Terms
-
Time's Up for New York Prisons: Proposals to Close Prisons, Cut Costs, and Build Communities
-
Treatment Behind Bars: Substance Abuse Treatment in New York State Prisons, 2007-2010 (Correctional Association)
-
What Are My Rights as a Parent in Prison or Residential Drug Treatment with a Child in Foster Care? (Women in Prison Project, Correctional Association)
-
When a Parent Is Incarcerated: A Primer for Social Workers
-
Working Well with Children of Incarcerated Parents (New York State School Board Association)
-
Your Right to Vote After a Criminal Conviction (Community Service Society)
