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Resources for Prisoners with Disabilities
Date: August 9, 2004
Prepared by: Legal/Resource Advocacy Team
Many organizations who assist prisoners tend to change personnel and location frequently. Please keep this in mind while using the following directory of prisoner rights organizations and sources of assistance.
STATE AND LOCAL SERVICES FOR PRISONER RIGHTS
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Washington
Address: 705 Second Ave., Suite
300 Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: 206/624-2180
Services: Handles complaints on a limited basis regarding jail and prison conditions and treatment of prisoners. This organization does not accept collect calls.
Self-Esteem for the Handicapped Inside Prisons (S*HIP)
Contact: Nancy D. San Carlos
Address: PO Box 893
Issaquah, WA 98027-0893
(425) 392-8222
Email: NaSaCa2@juno.com
Services: S*HIP is a non-profit volunteer program designed for prisoners with physical or mental disabilities or who are chronically or terminally ill. S*HIP supports prisoners on issues of accessibility, safety and medical treatment, and provides counseling and planning to its members and their families. S*HIP works to educate members about their own conditions and about nutrition, and to encourage self-sufficiency.
S*HIP has chapters at the Washington State Reformatory, Twin Rivers and MSU in Monroe. These chapters hold support group meetings and provide one-on-one counseling to members. Additionally, S*HIP has members at every prison in Washington state.
For more information, contact Nancy D. San Carlos, director of S*HIP. S*HIP cannot accept collect calls.
Department of Corrections (DOC)
Contacts: Roy Gonzales, Correctional Manager
Department of Corrections, PO Box 41118
Olympia, WA 98504-1118
(360) 753-1796
Dr. Marc Stern, Medical Director,
Department of Corrections, PO Box 41126
Olympia, WA 98504-1118
(360) 586-9524
Services: Department of Corrections requires that prisoners with a disability first raise issues with their counselors. If the problem persists, you may contact Roy Gonzales or Dr. Stern. DOC does not accept collect calls.
Citizens for Justice
Contact: Carol Guderian
Address: PO Box 5511
Bellingham, WA 98277
Phone: (360) 733-0785
Services: Writes letters on behalf of prisoners; provides referrals to other organizations; networks with other criminal justice/service organizations. This organization does not accept collect calls. Material and information is only available to persons from Whatcom County.
Columbia Legal Services
Contact: Institutions Project
Address: 101 Yesler Way, Suite 301
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: (206) 382-3399 (collect)
Services: Handles conditions of confinement and civil rights claims. This organization will accept collect calls.
Disabilities Law Project
Contact: Lonnie Davis
Address: 4649 Sunnyside Ave North, Suite 100
Seattle, WA 98103
Phone: (206) 633-6637
Services: This project occasionally takes prisoner's rights cases. The Disabilities Law Project offers legal advice and representation in situations where an individual has been discriminated against because of his or her disability. This organization does not accept collect calls.
Mothers for Police Accountability
Address: PO Box 22886
Seattle, WA 98122
Phone: (206) 329-2033
Services: Grassroots organization works to stop police harassment, brutality, excessive force, and all acts of police violence against children and adults. Facilitates community meetings, maintains a 24-hour phone line to report police violence, and offers support to persons filing complains against police departments. This organization will not accept collect calls.
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DETENTION MINISTRY
Archdiocese of Seattle Criminal Justice Ministry
Resources
Address: 910 Marion Street
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: (206) 382-4236
Services: This organization will not accept collect calls.
New Connections
Address: 700/B South Dearborn St.
Seattle, WA 98134
Phone: (206) 625-1499
Services: Limited resources for the incarcerated and formerly incarcerated communities. Can help with bus tickets, clothing vouchers, shelter vouchers for men, and state ID fees. This organization will not accept collect calls. For reinstatement of a driver's license and domestic violence information, contact South King County new Connections at 253-856-9200.
Matthew House
Address: PO Box 201
Monroe, WA 98272
Phone: (360) 794-8720
Services: Ecumenical support groups and bus services for family of inmates. This organization will not accept collect calls.
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WASHINGTON ATTORNEY SERVICES FOR PRISONER RIGHTS
Some attorneys represent prisoners under contracts with the DOC and others are private practice attorneys taking prison rights cases. However, the following attorneys get many letters and can take only a few cases. The following are excellent resources for legal advice and suggestions about areas in which prisoners can do legal research or self-advocate.
Airway Heights Corrections Center
Law Offices of Mark J. Hanley
1428 West Northwest Boulevard
Spokane, WA 99205
(509) 325-0590 - will accept collect calls from Airway Heights Correctional
Center
WA Corrections Center & Stafford Creek Corrections Center
Jordan Law Office
921 West Broadway, Suite 202
Spokane, WA 99201
(509) 325-8274 - Will accept collect calls on Wednesdays 9:00am-11:00am and
1:00pm-3:00pm from Stafford Creek
Donald Miller
422 W. Riverside, Suite 518
Spokane, WA 99201
(509) 624-5338 - Will accept collect calls on Wednesdays 9:00am-11:00am and
1:00pm-3:00pm from WCC.
Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla
George Marlton & Associates
PO Box 513
Walla Walla, WA 99362-0218
(509) 529-1996 - This organization will accept collect calls from the WA State
Penitentiary.
Monroe Correctional Complex & McNeil Island Corrections
Center
Law
Office of Mitchell A. Riese
753 N. 35th, Suite 102
Seattle, WA 98103
(206) 545-8561 - Will accept collect calls.
Washington Corrections Center for Women & Clallam Bay
Corrections Center
Jean Schiedler-Brown & Associates
606 Post Avenue, Suite 101
Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 223-1888 - Will not accept collect calls - encourages prisoners to send
requests for legal service via mail.
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NATIONAL CORRECTIONAL, CRIMINAL AND LEGAL RESOURCES
American Liberties Union (ACLU)
125 Broad Street, Floor 18
New York, NY 10004
(212) 549-2500
Services: National headquarters of the ACLU. Its main function is organizational and to oversee litigation. Contact this office if you would like to become a member of the ACLU. This organization does not accept collect calls.
American Friends Service Committee
1501 Cherry Street, Suite 1
Philadelphia, PA 19102
(215) 241-7000
Services: National & local criminal justice programs focus on advocacy, education, policy development and organizing. The national office publishes analysis and action reports (free to prisoners). This organization does not accept collect calls.
CEGA Services, Inc.
Gary Hill or Susie
PO Box 81826
Lincoln, NE 68501-1826
(402) 420-0602
Services: National organization which provides information & referral services. Specializes in human services and criminal justice. Attempts to link people with resources in their community such as drug or alcohol programs, employment assistance programs, temporary shelter and housing resources, counseling and other services.
CURE (Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants)
Charlie Sullivan
PO Box 2310, Washington, D.C. 20013
(202) 789-2126
E-mail: cure@curenational.org
Services: Organizes prisoners, their families and other concerned citizens to achieve reforms in the criminal justice system. CURE has presence in 40 states. Write for complete listing of state chapters. This organization does not accept collect calls, and does not accept individual cases.
Family and Corrections Network
Contact: Jim Mustin
Phone: (804) 589-3036
Webpage: www.fcnetwork.org
Services: No legal services. Provides information on programs serving families involved in correctional system. Offers consultation, technical assistance and program development; research, policy analysis, program evaluation and conferences. This organization does not accept collect calls.
Fortune Society
Celest Cox
39 W. 19th Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10011
(212) 206-7070
Services: Ex-offender self-help program. Provides educational program, general counseling, HIV-AIDS information, court advocacy. Publishes Fortune News, free to inmates upon request. This organization does not accept collect calls.
National Center on Institutions and Alternatives
Joel Sickler
3125 Mt. Vernon Avenue
Alexandria, VA 22305
(703) 684-0373
Services: Private pre-sentence investigative services; technical assistance to jurisdictions regarding prison/jail overcrowding as well as jail suicide prevention. Research on criminal justice issues. This organization will accept collect calls.
National Commission on Correctional Health Care
Cherie Minor
1300 West Belmont Avenue
Chicago, IL 60657
(773) 880-0094
Services: Publishes standards for health services of facilities; serves as an accreditation body; develops programs for training correctional and health care personnel; provides technical assistance to facilities; develops and distributes publications and uniform documentation; acts as a clearinghouse on correctional health care; conducts research on selected aspects of correctional health care. This organization does not accept collect calls.
National Legal Aid and Defender Association
1625 K Street, N.W,
#800
Washington, D.C. 20006
(202) 452-0620
Services: Provides assistance to legal aid and public defender offices. Does not provide direct services to individual clients. However, acts as a referral service, providing names of local programs that do provide representation to individual clients. This organization does not accept collect calls.
Pretrial Services Resource Center
K. Alan Henry
1325 G Street, N.W. #770
Washington, D.C. 20005
(202) 638-3080
Services: Federally funded national clearinghouse established to examine pretrial decision making and alternatives in the criminal justice system (including alternative to incarceration and prosecution). Services are free and available to individuals, agencies and local/state governments. This organization does not accept collect calls. However, no legal services are provided to inmates.
The Sentencing Project
Malcolm Young
918 F Street, N.W., Ste 501
Washington, D.C. 20004
(202) 628-0871
Services: Provides technical assistance to develop alternative sentencing programs and conducts research on criminal justice issues. This organization does not accept collect calls. Does not provide direct legal services to prisoners.
US Department of Justice (DOJ)-Civil Rights Division
Section Chief
Special Litigation Section
950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Civil Rights Division
U.S.
Department of Justice
Washington, D.C. 20035
(202) 514-6255
Services: Enforcement of the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act which authorizes the Attorney General to initiate suit against state or local officials who operate institutions in which a pattern or practice of flagrant or egregious conditions deprive residents of their constitutional rights. This organization does not accept collect calls.
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NATIONAL AIDS RESOURCES
AIDS Education Project of the National Prison Project
Jackie Walker
1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Ste 410
Washington, D.C. 20009
(202) 234-4830
Services: Resource center to provide educational and legal information as well as other types of assistance regarding HIV/AIDS in prisons. Assists AIDS/prison support groups; peer education programs; offers referrals. This organization does not accept collect calls.
National AIDS Clearinghouse
P.O. Box 6003
Rockville, MD 20849-6003
(800) 458-5231 (toll-free)
Services: Provides information and referrals, publications and technical assistance.
National AIDS Hotline (toll-free)
(800) 342-AIDS (2437)
(800) 344-SIDA (Spanish)
(800) 243-7889 (TDD)
This publication is an information service of the Washington Protection & Advocacy System (WPAS). It provides general information only and should not be used as legal advice for any specific situation. If you would like more information about this topic, call us and ask for a Resource Advocate.
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