Prisons change across time and space, structure and agency. The following websites, projects, initiatives and exhibits offer additional information on the history and current realities of American prisons.
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Washington Organizations
API Chaya
apichaya.org
Black Prisoners Caucus
blackprisonerscaucus.org
Civil Survival
civilsurvival.org
Colective Legal del Pueblo
colectivalegal.org
Columbia Legal
columbialegal.org
Decriminalize Seattle
decriminalizeseattle
Disability Rights WA
disabilityrightswa.org
Ending the Prison Industrial Complex
endingthepic.wordpress.com
Formerly Incarcerated Group Healing Together
fightwa.org/
Freedom Education Project
fepps.org
Hunger Striker Handbook
hungerstrikershandbook.org
Incarcerated Mothers Advocacy Project
law.seattleu.edu/student-life/student-organizations/incarcerated-mothers-advocacy-project
Look 2 Justice
look2justice.org
Native American Reentry Services
nativereentry.org
No New Washington Prisons
https://www.nonewwaprisons.com/
No New Youth Jail
nonewyouthjail.com/
NW Detention Center Resistance
nwdcresistance.org
Post-Prison Education Program
postprisonedu.org
Prison Scholar Fund
prisonscholars.org/
Prison Voice WA
prisonvoicewa.org
Public Defender Association
defender.org
Smart Justice Spokane
smartjusticespokane.org
Successful Transition and Reentry (STAR) Program
thestarproject.us
University Beyond Bars
universitybeyondbars.org
Village of Hope
thevillageofhopeseattle.org
WA Community Action Network
washingtoncan.org
WA Corrections Watch
wacorrectionswatch.org/
WA Reentry Guide
WAreentryguide.org
Creative Arts and Documentary Websites
American Prison Writing Archive:
dhinitiative.org/projects/apwa
The Corrections documentary:
correctionsproject.com
Of Length and Measure: Prison and the American Landscape, photography by Stephen Tourlentes
tourlentes.com
The Prison in Twelve Landscapes documentary:
prisonlandscapes.com
Prison Photography, questioning mass incarceration from inside a prison town:
prisonphotography.org
Public Secrets, voices from women’s prison:
vectors.usc.edu/projects/index.php?project=57
Voices from Outside: Critical Resistance / JustSeeds Artists Portfolio, a collection of posters prepared for the tenth anniversary conference of prison abolition organization Critical Resistance:
justseeds.org/portfolio/critical-resistance/
Undoing Time/ Pledge, co-produced by artist Sharon Daniel and former prisoner Beverly Henry:
sharondaniel.net/pledge
Community History and Mapping
Chicago’s Million Dollar Blocks, mapping Illinois spending on incarceration per Chicago neighborhood:
chicagosmilliondollarblocks.com
Columbia University Center for Spatial Research, projects on architecture and justice:
c4sr.columbia.edu/#/million-dollar-blocks
Densho, Japanese American incarceration and Japanese internment during World War II:
densho.org
Justice Mapping Center:
justicemapping.com
The Knotted Line, an interactive resource examining the relationship between freedom and confinement in American history from 1495 to 2025:
knottedline.com
Million Dollar Hoods, UCLA Research Project on social and financial costs of Los Angeles incarceration:
milliondollarhoods.org
Prison Map, photographing the geography of incarceration in the United States:
prisonmap.com
Prison Public Memory Project, community-based histories of the complex roles prisons play in society:
prisonpublicmemory.org
States of Incarceration: A National Dialogue of Local Histories of Incarceration:
statesofincarceration.org
Criminal Justice News and Analysis
The Appeal
theappeal.org
The Kite
thekite.info
The Marshall Project
themarshallproject.org
Prison Policy Initiative
prisonpolicy.org
Sentencing Project
sentencingproject.org
Shadowproof
shadowproof.com
Truthout
truth-out.org