South Carolina

ACLU of South Carolina
1338 Main Street, Suite 800
Columbia, SC 29201
(803)799-5151
civil liberties issues; referrals

Low County AIDS Services Legal Clinic
207 E. Bay St.
Charleston, SC 29402
(803) 577-2437

Neighborhood Legal Assistance Program
438 King St.
Charleston, SC 29403-6230
(803) 722-0107

Palmetto Legal Services
P.O. Box 2267
Columbia, SC 29202
(803) 799-9668
provides free legal services in non criminal legal matters to qualified low income residents of the South Carolina Midlands, through four field offices, located in Columbia, Lexington, Orangeburg and Sumter. Translation available for non-English speakers.

South Carolina Bar Association Pro Bono Program
PO Box 608
Columbia, SC 29202-0608
(803) 799-4015

Support Organizations:

Alston Wilkes Society
3519 Medical Drive
Columbia, SC 29203
(803) 799-2490
Non-profit agency that works with adult and youth offenders, former offenders, and persons in community at risk for offending. Seeks to meet employment, housing, and especially social service needs of its clients. Also supports efforts for sound criminal justice practices.

CURE of South Carolina
PO Box 504
Newberry, SC 29108

Family-Link
PO Box 2071
Beaufort, SC 29901-2071
(843) 522-9119
Support and advocacy for families of prisoners.

South Carolina AIDS Education Network, Inc.
9222 Highview Dr.
Columbia, SC 29223
(803)736-1171
Offers basic AIDS education, communication skills building, safer sex education training.

South Carolina Department of Corrections
Myra E. Key, Transitional Coordinator Reentry Program
PO Box 2039
Ridgeland, SC 29936
(803) 896-3207

United Way of South Carolina
2711 Middlebury Dr., Suite 305
Columbia, SC 29204
(303) 929-1000
Support organization, focuses on adult literacy.

Education:

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

Updated June, 2005