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Newsletters that Focus on Prisoners' Rights and Criminal Justice Issues
Alabama Prison Project
215 Clayton Street
Montgomery, AL 36104
Write to them about their publication.
The Beat Within
275 Ninth St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-503-4170
www.thebeatwithin.org
beat@pacificnews.org
The Beat Within works with incarcerated youth and conducts weekly writing workshops in juvenile halls in California's San Francisco Bay Area. These classes generate a publication called "The Beat Within" of youth writings and art, which is free to prisoners and those connected to prisons on a monthly basis.
California Prison Focus
2940 16th Street #B-5
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-252-9211
(fax) 415-252-9311
www.prisons.org
info@prisons.org
California Prison Focus is a community-based grassroots organization that works with and on behalf of prisoners in California's control units. They publish a quarterly newsletter called "Prison Focus" that is available at low or no cost to prisoners.
Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM)
1612 K Street, NW
Suite700
Washington, D.C. 20006
202-822-6700
(fax) 202-822-6704
famm@famm.org
www.famm.org
FAMM works to end mandatory minimum sentencing policies and publishes a quarterly newsletter called "FAMMGram" that chronicles their regional and national efforts.
The Fire Inside
California Coalition for Women Prisoners
1540 Market St., Suite 490
San Francisco, CA 94102
415-255-7036 ext. 4
www.womenprisoners.org/fire
info@womenprisoners.org
This newsletter comes out quarterly and focuses on women prisoners.
National Lawyers Guild Prison Law Project
143 Madison Ave 4Fl
New York NY 10016
212-679-5100 ext.13
www.nlg.org/programs/programs.html
This organization publishes a quarterly journal called "Conspiracy" that focuses on recent legal news affecting prisoners.
Northern California Service League (NCSL)
28 Boardman Place
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-863-2323
(fax) 415-863-1882
ncsl@norcalserviceleague.org
www.norcalserviceleague.org
The NCSL publishes a quarterly newsletter called "The Sunburst" that describes their work and available services.
Off Our Backs: A Women’s Newsjournal
2337B 18th St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20009
202-234-8072
www.offourbacks.org
offourbacks@cs.com
Publishes a bi-monthly journal about feminist issues/activism. Free to women prisoners.
The Prison and Jail Project
P.O. Box 6749
Americus, GA 31709
229-928-2080
(fax) 229-924-7080
This organization is based in southwest Georgia and publishes a newsletter called "Freedom Ways" six times a year.
Prison Legal News (PLN)
2400 NW 80th Street, #148
Seattle, WA 98117
206-246-1022
(fax) 206-505-9449
www.prisonlegalnews.org
dminiken@prisonlegalnews.org
PLN is written by prisoners. It is published each month and focuses on current trends in criminal justice policy, legislation and court rulings. A one-year subscription is $18 for prisoners.
Southland Prison News (SPN)
PMB-339
955 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
SPN is a monthly newsletter of prisoner news, book and media reviews, and prisoner art covering the East Coast and the South. SPN costs $15 for prisoners and $25 for non-prisoners.
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