ACLU of Northern California
39 Drum Street San Francisco, DA 94111
Phone: (415) 621-2493
Legal assistance telephone: (415) 621-2488
Fax: (415) 255-1478
Website: http://aclunc.org
- Takes legal requests for post-conviction matters, habeas corpus, prison conditions; provides referrals
- When corresponding, put "Intake" in Address Line 1
ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties
P.O. Box 87131
San Diego, CA 92138
Phone: (619) 232-2131
Fax: (619) 232-0036
Email: info@aclusandiego.org
Website: http://www.aclusandiego.org
- Takes legal requests for post-conviction matters, habeas corpus, prison conditions; provides referrals
ACLU of Southern California
1313 West Eighth Street
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Legal intake phone: (213) 977-5253
Fax: (213) 977 5297
Email: info@aclu-sc.org
Website: http://www.aclu-sc.org
- Takes legal requests for post-conviction matters, habeas corpus, prison conditions; provides referrals
- When corresponding, put "ACLU/SC Legal Intake" in Address line 1
California Coalition for Women Prisoners
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
1540 Market Street, Suite 490
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: (415) 255-7036
Fax: (415) 552-3150
Email: info@womenprisoners.org; info@prisonerswithchildren.org
Website: http://www.womenprisoners.org or http://prisonerswithchildren.org
- Responds to requests for information, trainings, technical assistance, litigation, limited transportation; emphasizes female prisoners and their families
Catholic Charities of the East Bay, Detention Ministry
433 Jefferson Street
Oakland, CA 94607
Phone: (510) 768-3100
Fax: (510) 451-6998
Contact: Michael Radding, Director of programs
Website: http://www.cceb.org
- Provides religious and pastoral services in Alameda and Contra Costa jails and juvenile facilities; facilitates victim/offender mediations; offers counseling and emergency-assistance referrals; offers immigration services and naturalization
The Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents
P.O. Box 41-286
Eagle Rock, CA 90041
Phone: (626) 449.2470
Fax: (626) 449-9001
Email: ccip@earthlink.net
Website: http://e-ccip.org
- Provides free resources by mail to incarcerated parents, therapeutic services for children of offenders, and family reunification projects for prisoners and children
Centerforce
2955 Kerner Boulevard, 2nd Floor
San Rafael, CA 94901
Phone: (415) 456-9980
Fax: (415) 456-2146
Central California Office:
4709 North El Capitan Avenue, Suite 201
Fresno, CA 93722
Phone: (559) 276-6160
Fax: (559) 276-1656
Website: http://www.centerforce.org/index.cfm
- The Centerforce mission is to support, educate, and advocate for individuals, families and communities impacted by incarceration.
- Centerforce provides services for incarcerated individuals, formerly incarcerated individuals, and their loved ones through direct services, its annual conference and, through consultation and training for government agencies, community-based organizations and correctional facilities across the country and internationally. Direct services for clients are provided by our four Service Areas: Children and Families Services, Prison & Transitional Services, and Information Services.
- Operates network of prison visitor centers throughout the state that includes transportation and drop-in childcare; provides health education services to prisoners
Community Connection Resource Center
4080 Centre Street, Suite 202
San Diego, CA 92103
With offices in Sacramento, Los Angeles, Fresno, and Riverside counties
Phone: (619) 543-8500
Email: administrator@community-connection.org
Website: http://www.community-connection.org
Friends Outside
P.O. Box 4085
Stockton, CA 95204
With chapters throughout the state
Phone: (209) 955-0701
Fax: (209) 955-0735
Email: gnewby@friendsoutside.com
Website: http://friendsoutside.org
- Operates visitor centers that provide childcare, transportation, information and resources; offers inmate parenting classes and personal case management services; services offered at all state prisons
Immigrant Legal Resource Center
1663 Mission Street, Suite 602
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: (415) 255-9499
Website: http://www.ilrc.org
- Does not offer direct services to immigrants, but publishes extensive local resource guide (at http://www.ilrc.org/for_immigrants/community_resource_packet.php)
Justice Now
1322 Webster Street, Suite 210
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: (510) 839-7654
Fax: (510) 839-7615
Website: http://www.jnow.org
- Provides legal services and resources to women in prison on release and reentry, healthcare, defense of parental rights, sentencing mitigation, and placement in community-based programs
Law Center for Families
510 16th Street, Suite 300
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: (510) 451-9261
Fax: (510) 763-2169
Email: info@lcff.org
Website: http://www.lcff.org- Provides multilingual services including individual representation, advice, referrals, community education programs to Alameda county residents for free or on sliding scale; focuses on family law, consumer law, public benefits, and language access
Northern California Service League
40 Boardman Place
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: (415) 863-2323
Fax: (415) 863-1882586 North First Street, Suite 101
San Jose, CA 95112
Phone: (408) 297-9601
Fax: (408) 297-9604
Website: http://www.norcalserviceleague.org- Offers counseling and referrals for prisoners and families; provides extensive pre- and post-release reentry resources; operates transitional housing for women with children
Penal Law Program, CSU Community Legal Information Center
25 Main Street
Chico, CA 95929
Phone: (530) 898-4354
Fax: (530) 898-4911
Email: clic@exchange.csuchico.edu
Website: http://www.aschico.com/?Page=252- Provides free legal information and referrals to prisoners in the areas of correctional injustices, sentencing, probation, pardons, certificates of rehabilitation, medical records and appeals
Prison Activist Resource Center (PARC)
1904 Franklin Street, suite 515
Oakland CA 94612
Phone: (510) 893-4648
Website: http://www.prisonactivist.org/- PARC is a prison abolitionist group committed to exposing and challenging all forms of institutionalized racism, sexism, able-ism, heterosexism, and classism, specifically within the Prison Industrial Complex (PIC). PARC believes in building strategies and tactics that build safety in our communities without reliance on the police or the PIC. We produce a directory that is free to prisoners upon request, and seek to work in solidarity with prisoners, ex-prisoners, their friends and families. We also work with teachers and activists on many prison issues. This work includes building action networks and materials that expose the continuing neglect and outright torture of more than 2 million people imprisoned within the USA; as well as the 5+ million who are under some form of surveillance and control by the so-called justice system.
Prison Law Clinic, UC Davis
UC Davis School of Law
1 Shields Avenue
Building TB30
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: (530) 752-6942- Provides free legal services to prisoners
Prisoners Literature Project
Bound Together Bookstore c/o Prisoners Literature Project
1369 Haight Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
Phone: (415) 672-7858
Email: prisonlit@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.prisonersliteratureproject.com- Sends free books to prisoners (US-wide)
Public Interest Law Firm, Law Foundation of Silicon Valley
111 West Saint John Street, Suite 315
San Jose, CA 95113
Phone: (408) 293-4790
Email: teresam@lawfoundation.org
Website: http://www.lawfoundation.org/pilf.asp- Can provide advocacy and litigation in civil matters; offers resources
Reentry Council of the City and County of San Francisco
Phone: (415) 553-9349
Email: reentry.council@sfgov.org
Website: http://sfreentry.com - Publishes annual San Francisco area reentry resource guide
US Department of Justice
- List of providers of free legal services for immigration: http://www.usdoj.gov/eoir/probono/freelglchtCA.htm