Arkansas

Legal Resources:

Arkansas ACLU
103 W. Capital, Suite 1120
P.O. Box 869
Little Rock, AR 72201-5727
(501) 374-2660
Work on prison and jail conditions. Provide Western District treatment referrals, litigation.

Center for Arkansans Legal Services
300 West Capitol, Suite 200
Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 376-3423

Compliance Administrator
6210 Dollar Way Road, Suite 3
Pine Bluff, AR 71602
(University of Arkansas School of Law recommended sending complaints here.)

 
Crittenden County Public Defender
310 Mid Continent Plaza, Suite 610
West Memphis, AR 72303-1749
(870) 732-5996

Arkansas Innocence Project
Robert Lightfoot
431 CR 300
Cherry Valley, AR 72324
870-588-4792
lightfootrobert@yahoo.com

Legal Aid of Arkansas, Brian Powell
4083 N. Shiloh Drive, Suite 3
Fayetteville, AR 72703
(479) 442-0600

Legal Services of Arkansas
615 West Markham Street, Suite 200
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
(501) 376-8015

University of Arkansas, School of Law
Waterman Hall 107
Fayetteville, AR 72701
(479) 575-5601
The law school has a Criminal Defense clinic, which defends juveniles charged with delinquency (http://law.uark.edu/clinic/criminal.html). They only take cases appointed to them by the courts

 
Support Organizations:

 
Arkansas CURE
P.O. Box 56001
Little Rock, AR 72215
(501) 223-2620
CURE (Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants) is an organization of prisoners and their families, which seeks to minimize the use of prisons and to provide rehabilitative opportunities.  They might be a good resource for prisoners.

Southern Center for Human Rights
83 Poplar Street, NW
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 688-1202
Concerned with human rights issues, including prison abuses, throughout the South.

Women's Project
Felicia Davidson
2224 Main St.
Little Rock, AR 72206
(501) 372-5113
Only exists at women's prison & community punishment center. Provides support for battered women, AIDS education
 

Education:

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

University of Arkansas
Office of Credit Studies
2 East Center Street
Fayetteville, AR 72701
(800) 638-1217
$65 / credit hour in state; $70 / credit hour out of state

University of Central Arkansas
Division of Continuing Education
Guided Study Programs
McCastlain Hall, Suite 101
201 Donaghey Avenue
Conway, AR 72035-5001
$70 / credit hour + $10 postage fee / class

Updated June, 2005