Connecticut: Prison Resources

211 Connecticut Community Resource Database
United Way of Connecticut
1344 Silas Deane Highway
Rocky Hill, Connecticut 06067-1350
Phone: (860) 571-7500
Or dial 211 from any phone in CT
Fax: (860) 571-7525
Email: infoline@ctunitedway.org
Website: http://www.infoline.org/referweb/

Provides extensive resources directed towards ex-offenders
Select "Community Re-entry services for ex-offenders" option on left to access online database

ACLU of Connecticut
2074 Park Street, Suite L
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: (860) 523-9146
Fax: (860) 586-8900
Email: info@acluct.org
Website: www.acluct.org

Provides assistance in limited number of legal cases; cannot provide individual assistance to people whose cases are not taken

Community Partners in Action
110 Bartholomew Avenue, Suite 3010
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: (860) 566-2030
Fax: (860) 566-8089
Email: mprice@cpa-ct.org
Website: www.cpa-ct.org

Provides extensive services and resources to ex-offenders including substance abuse programming, work-release residence, employment placing services, etc.

Complex Federal Litigation and Prison Legal Services Clinic of the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization, Yale Law School
P.O. Box 209090
New Haven, CT 06520
Phone: (203) 432-4800
Fax: (203) 432-1426

Offers limited legal services to state and federal prisoners; publishes Connecticut Prisoners' Rights that includes detailed resource guide to prisoners and former offenders

Families in Crisis
60 Popieluszko Court, 2nd Floor
Hartford, CT 06106
With offices in Waterbury and New Haven
Phone: (860) 727-5800
Fax: (860) 727-5801
Website: www.familiesincrisis.org

Provides extensive range of counseling and support services to prisoners, ex-offenders, and families including childcare, visitation, transportation, parenting support groups, HIV/AIDS education and support; provides resources

Inmates' Legal Assistance Program, Law Offices of Sydney T. Schulman
78 Oak Street
P.O. Box 269237
Hartford, CT 06126
Phone: (860) 246-1118 or (800) 301-4527
Fax: (860) 246-1110

Provides free legal assistance in civil matters only; assists prisoners in identifying, articulating, researching, preparing legal claims

Isaiah 61:1, Inc.
P.O. Box 1399
Bridgeport, CT 06601
Phone: (203) 368-6116
Fax: (209) 576-0616

Offers pre- and post-release reentry resources and services for men and women including work release, career guidance, counseling, life-skills training, family therapy

Community Renewal Team, Inc.
555 Windsor Street
Hartford, CT 06120
Phone: (860) 560-5600
Email: info@crtct.org
Website: http://www.crtct.org/ProgramsPg.htm

Offers referrals to reentry resources including employment, substance abuse, and housing programs

Perception Programs, Inc.
54 North Street
P.O. Box 407
Willimantic, CT 06226
Phone: (860) 450-7122
Fax: (860) 450-7127
Website: www.perceptionprograms.org