Alabama

Legal Resources:

ACLU of Alabama
Contact: Olivia Turner
207 Montgomery St.
Suite 825
Montgomery, AL 36104
(334) 262-0304
Provides legal assistance in Civil Matters. All legal correspondence must be by mail. When corresponding by mail, put "Attn: Legal Committee" on the envelope.

Alabama Bar Association Pro Bono Program
415 Dexter Avenue
Montgomery, Alabama 36104
(334) 269-1515

Alabama Prison Project
Primary Contact: Lucia Penland
619 N. Bridge St.
Wetumpka, AL 36092
(334) 264-7416
Investigates in sentencing phase of capital trials

Equal Justice Initiative
122 Commerce St.
Montgomery, AL 36104
(334) 269-1803
Represents death row prisoners in direct appeals & post conviction challenges

Southern Poverty Law Center
c/o Rhonda Brownstein
400 Washington Avenue
Montgomery, AL 36104
(334) 956-8200
Class action civil rights suits involving prison conditions

University of Alabama School of Law
Pro Bono Program
P.O. Box 870382
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Students may take case for pro bono requirement.

 
Support Organizations:

Aid to Inmate Mothers
Contact: Carol Potok
P.O. Box 986
Montgomery, AL 36101-0986
(334)262-2245
Transitional program for mothers who are between 18 and 24 months of their  release dates.

CURE - Alabama
Rosemary Collins
PO Box 190504
Birmingham, AL 35219-0504
(800) 665-3602
Interested in improving the Alabama and federal criminal justice system.

Alabama Disabilities
Advocacy Program
Box 870395
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0395
(205) 348-4928
Provides legal assistance in civil cases that deal with the developmentally disabled, mentally ill.

Montgomery AIDS Outreach
James Waid
925 Forest Ave.
Montgomery, AL 36106
(334) 280- 3349
Provides support services to HIV inmates at Tutwiler Prison.

Re-Entry Ministries, Inc.
2224 3RD Ave N
Birmingham, AL 35203-3814
(205) 320-2101
Offers support groups for ex-offenders and families of prisoners.

Education:

Books Through Bars
4722 Baltimore Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19143
(215) 727-0882 ext 2
Sends books to prisoners.

Updated June, 2005