Alabama: Prison Resources

ACLU of Alabama
207 Montgomery Street, Suite 910
Montgomery, AL 36104
Phone: (334) 262-0304
Fax: (334) 269-5666
Email: info@aclualabama.org
Website: http://www.aclualabama.org/GetHelp/GetHelp.htm

Takes on limited number of individual cases, provides referrals,
When corresponding, put "Attn: Legal Request" on envelope or in subject line

Alabama Department of Public Health (Online)
For addresses, see: http://www.adph.org/administration/assets/areas.pdf
Website: http://www.adph.org/administration/Default.asp?id=505

List of local public health clinics

Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program
P.O. Box 870395
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0395
Phone: (205) 348-4928
Website: http://www.adap.net/

Provides legal assistance in civil cases that deal with the developmentally disabled, mentally ill; investigates reports of neglect and abuse and denied access to assistive technological devices/services, advocacy.
Take on limited number of individual cases; if not eligible, provides referral.

Alabama State Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service
Phone: (800) 392-5660 (fastest method of receiving referral)
Spanish: (888) 835-3505
Fax: (334) 261-6310
Email: lrs@alabar.org
Website: http://www.alabar.org/lrs/

Cost will be no more than $50.00 for first consultation, plus additional fees thereafter that should be discussed before hiring lawyer
Ask to be connected to the "volunteer lawyers program" for pro bono referrals; be aware that a very small pool of applicants qualifies

Alabama Prison Project
619 N. Bridge Street
Wetumpka, AL 36092
Phone: (334) 264-7416

Investigates in sentencing phase of capital trials; visits death-row prisoners, offers family support and programs of death-row prisoners

Equal Justice Initiative of Alabama
122 Commerce Street
Montgomery, AL 36104
Phone: (334) 269-1803
Fax: (334) 269-1806
Email: contact_us@eji.org
Website: www.eji.org

Represent limited number of indigent defendants and prisoners who have been denied fair treatment in legal system

Aid to Inmate Mothers
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 986
Montgomery, AL 36101-0986
Street Address: 434 N. McDonough Street
Montgomery, AL 36104
Phone: (334) 262-2245 or (800) 679-0246
Fax: (334) 262-2296
Website: http://www.inmatemoms.org/

Provides in-facility classes on many topics, family connection programs, mentoring programs for children of incarcerated parents, re-entry resources

Alabama Department of Corrections Re-entry Resources (Online)
301 S. Ripley Street
P.O. Box 301501
Montgomery, AL. 36130-1501
Phone: (334) 353.3883
Website: http://www.doc.state.al.us/reentry.asp

Resources on reentry facilities statewide

FAIRHOPE, Inc.
P.O. Box 765
Selma, AL 36702-0765
Phone: (334) 996-8966
Email: shickey@highstream.net

Provides assistance including support and advocacy regarding conditions of confinement and constitutional rights, support groups, and counseling services for those who have experienced sexual abuse while incarcerated

Legal Services Alabama
For addresses, see "Legal Services Alabama Offices" section on website
Phone: (800) 844-LEGAL
Website: http://alabamalegalhelp.org/AL/StateChannelResults.cfm/County/%20/City/%...

Provides qualifying low-income persons with legal assistance in civil matters including administrative representation, representation in court, appeals, mediation, and legal self-help materials and forms

Montgomery AIDS Outreach
820 W. South Boulevard
Montgomery, AL 36105
Phone: (334) 280-3349; (800) 510-4704
Fax: (334) 280-3315
545 West Main Street
Dothan, AL 36301
Phone: (334) 673-0494
Website: http://www.maoi.org/

Brings HIV/AIDS patients in from prisons for medical appointments, provides HIV/AIDS education programs to prisons, counseling services, housing, public health, employment resources

Southern Poverty Law Center
400 Washington Avenue
Montgomery, AL 36104
Phone: (334) 956-8200
Website: http://www.splcenter.org/legal/assist/ind.jsp