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Volunteer Resources and Recommended Reading

A History of Penal Methods: Criminals, Witches, Lunatics
http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=61745032

Dead End: A No-Nonsense Resource on Capital Punishment
http://www.aclu.org/DeathPenalty/DeathPenalty.cfm?ID=14930&c=277

The Forgotton Population: A Look at Death Row in the United States Through the Experiences of Women
http://www.aclu.org/WomensRights/WomensRights.cfm?ID=17346&c=171

The Case Against the Death Penalty
http://www.aclu.org/DeathPenalty/DeathPenalty.cfm?ID=9082&c=17

Living inside Prison Walls: Adjustment Behavior
http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=15435524

Religion and Rehabilitation
http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5001640923

Detention Ministry - from the Catholic Church
http://www.cacatholic.org/detentionchurch.html

General Inmate Resources

The Rights of Prisoners: The Basic ACLU Guide to Prisoner's Rights
http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=1002115

The Right to Religious Liberty: The Basic ACLU Guide to Religious Rights
http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=1296745

ACLU National Prison Project Publication List
http://www.aclu.org/Prisons/Prisons.cfm?ID=11334&c=26

General Articles Concerning Prisons                                                              

Women Prisoners on the Cutting Edge: Development of the Activist Women's Prisoners' Rights Movement
http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5001199554

Return of the Madhouse: Supermax Prisons Are Becoming the High-Tech Equivalent of the Nineteenth-Century Snake Pit
http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5000697920

The Prisoners' Accomplice
http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5001636934

The Controversy Over the Effects of Long-Term Incarceration
http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=96650377

Minnesota Prison Officials End Censorship of ACLU Publication After Threat of Lawsuit
http://www.aclu.org/Prisons/Prisons.cfm?ID=18345&c=127

Muslim Woman Sues Prison for Forcing Her to Remove Headscarf in Front of Male Guards and Prisoners
http://www.aclu.org/ReligiousLiberty/ReligiousLiberty.cfm?ID=18339&c=29

Cruel and Unusual Punishment in United States Prisons: Sexual Harassment among Male Inmates
http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5001869375

ACLU Files Lawsuit to Protect Religious Liberty of Imprisoned Asylum Seeker
http://www.aclu.org/ImmigrantsRights/ImmigrantsRights.cfm?ID=18262&c=94

A Texas Prisoner's Reaction to Faith-Based Rehabilitation Programs
http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5001042412

ACLU Asks Court to Grant Class Action Status in Saginaw County Jail For Abuse of Detainees
http://www.aclu.org/Prisons/Prisons.cfm?ID=18181&c=26

ACLU Appears Before Kansas Appeals Court on Behalf of Youth Serving 15 Additional Years in Prison Because He is Gay
http://www.aclu.org/LesbianGayRights/LesbianGayRights.cfm?ID=14492&c=41

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