State Ombudsman
Anniece McLemore
State LTC Ombudsman
MS Deptartment of Human Services, Division of Aging
750 North State Street
Jackson, MS 39202
Phone: (601)359-4927
Fax: (601)359-9664
Website: http://www.mdhs.state.ms.us
ACLU of Mississippi
P.O. Box 2242
Jackson, MS 39225
Phone: (601) 354-3408
Attn: Legal Intake Coordinator
Email: office@aclu-ms.org
Website: www.aclu-ms.org
- Through advocacy, education, and litigation, the ACLU of Mississippi defends and protects the constitutional rights of Mississippians across the state. One of the ACLU of Mississippi's main projects involves reforming the state's criminal justice system and protecting the rights of inmates. State prisoners and jail detainees who have experienced any form of sexual abuse or staff sexual misconduct can write to the ACLU for assistance. The ACLU of Mississippi receives a high number of letters from prisoners whose civil rights have been violated and decides on a case-by-case determination which cases it can accept. Please do not send original documents with your letter.
Mississippi Department of Corrections Investigation Division
723 North President Street
Jackson, MS 39202
Phone: (601) 359-5715
- The Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) Investigation Division is the investigative arm of the agency. It consists of Investigative Units located at each State prison (MSP, CMCF, SMCI, and Central Office Headquarters) and handles issues such as sexual assault. Inmates who have been sexually assaulted in a MDOC facility can contact the Investigation Division to report the assault and any concerns regarding the handling of investigations into such abuse. JDI has directly contacted each organization listed in the Resource Guide in hopes of pointing survivors toward those currently accepting new clients. However, the inclusion of any group or individual in the Resource Guide does not necessarily constitute an endorsement or recommendation by JDI, nor can JDI guarantee the availability of the services described here.
Thomas Law Firm
P.O. Box 7706
Gulfport, MS 39506
Phone: (228) 863-4800
Email: BlewettThomas@aol.com
- We are a law firm that has experience in providing prisoners' families with counseling and assistance in spiritual matters and other family issues related to incarceration.
Goodwill Industries of South Mississippi, Inc.
2407 31st Street
Gulfport, MS 39501
Phone: (228) 863-2323
Fax: (228) 863-5621
Website: www.members.aol.com/goodwillsms
WIN Job Centers
P.O. Box 849
Jackson, MS
Phone: (601) 359-9250
Mississippi Prison Industries Corp.
663 North State Street
Jackson, MS 39202
Phone: (601) 969-5760
Fax: (601) 352-5765
Mississippi Department of Corrections
Phone: (601) 354-6996
Contact: Christy Gutherz
- Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative Grantee
- The Mississippi Department of Corrections will focus efforts on recidivism for 200 adult offenders and 75 juvenile offenders reentering Hinds County. Through the reentry project, the department will partner with various service agencies to address recidivism, substance abuse, and physical and mental health issues and to support workforce participation, housing, family reunification, faith-based support, and mentoring. For more information, read this grantee's work plan: http://www.reentry.gov/sar/pdf/wp1_ms.pdf.
Mississippi Employment Security Commission
1502 West Capitol Street
P.O. Box 1699
Jackson, MS 39215
Phone: (601) 961-7424
Federal Bonding Program
Mississippi Employment Security Commission
P.O. Box 1699
Jackson, MS 39215
Phone: (601) 961-7466
Fax: (601) 961-7516
- The Federal Bonding Program provides fidelity bonding insurance coverage to individuals with criminal histories and other high-risk job applicants who are qualified, but fail to get jobs because regular commercial bonding is denied due to their backgrounds.
Criminal Record Repository
Mississippi Criminal Information Center
Records Division
P.O. Box 958
Jackson, MS 39205
Phone: (601) 933-2600
Website: http://www.dps.state.ms.us/dps/dps.nsf/main?OpenForm
- This is the agency individuals may contact to obtain a copy of their state rap sheet and learn about the process of sealing, expunging or cleaning it up. The criminal record repository can also tell the individual who else is legally entitled to have access to his or her record.
Office of the Attorney General
Mississippi Attorney General's Office
Carroll Gartin Justice Building
450 High Street
Jackson, MS 39201
Phone: (601) 359-3680
Website: www.ago.state.ms.us
Mississippi Prison Industries Corp.
663 North State Street
Jackson, MS 39202
Phone: (610) 969-5760
Fax: (601) 969-5765 fax
Website: www.mdoc.state.ms.us
Work Release Program
Mississippi Department of Corrections
723 North President Street
Jackson, MS 39202
Phone: (601) 359-5618
Website: www.mdoc.state.ms.us
Pre-Release Program
Mississippi Department of Corrections
732 North President Street
Jackson, MS 39201
Phone: (601) 359-5600
Website: www.mdoc.state.ms.us
Community Corrections Division
Region I
Mississippi Department of Corrections
Community Corrections Division
301 West Sunflower Road
Cleveland, MS 38732
Phone: (662) 843-0028
- The Mississippi Department of Corrections Community Corrections Division is responsible for the supervision of probationers, parolees, residents in the restitution centers, inmates in community work centers, and those who are in intensive supervision or earned release supervision programs. Region I-Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Coahoma, Desoto, Grenada, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Leflore, Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery, Panola, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Quitman, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Tunica, Union, Washington, Webster, Winston, Yalobusha
Region II
Mississippi Department of Corrections
Community Corrections Division
421 West Pascagoula Street
Jackson, MS 39205
Phone: (601) 354-6911
- Region II-Clarke, Clay, Covington, Hinds, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Lowndes, Madison, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Rankin, Scott, Sharkey, Simpson, Smith, Warren, Wayne, Yazoo
Region III
5912 U.S. Highway 49 South
Space B-6
Cloverleaf Mall
Hattiesburg, MS 39401
- Region III-Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, Forrest, Franklin, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion, Perry, Pearl River, Pike, Stone, Walthall, Wilkinson
State of Mississippi Parole Board
201 West Capitol Street, Suite 800
Jackson, MS 39201
Phone: (601) 354-7716
State Public Defender
Mississippi State Defender
P.O. Box 23029
Jackson, MS 39225
Phone: (601) 948-2683 or (601) 969-7456
Fax: (601) 948-2687
Central Southwest Mississippi Legal Services
414 South State Street, 3rd Floor
P.O. Box 951
Jackson, MS 39205
Phone: (601) 948-6752 or (800) 959-6752
Fax: (601) 948-6757
Website: www.mslegalservices.org
North Mississippi Rural Legal
2134 West Jackson Avenue
P.O. Box 767
Oxford, MS 38655
Phone: (662) 234-8731 or (800) 898-8731
(662) 236-3263
Website: www.nmrls.com
South Mississippi Legal Services
111 Rue Magnolia, Suite 202
P.O. Box 1386
Biloxi, MS 39533
Phone: (228) 374-4160 or (888) 660-0008
Fax: (228) 374-6045
Website: www.msleglaservices.org/
Southeast Mississippi Legal Services
111 East Front Street
P.O. Drawer 1728
Hattiesburg, MS 39403
Phone: (601) 545-2950 or (800) 773-1737
Fax: (601) 545-2935
Email: mslegal@netdoor.com
Website: www.mslegalservices.org
Choctaw Legal Defense
125 River Ridge Circle
P.O. Box 62555
Choctaw, MS 39350
Phone: (601) 650-7487
- Native Americans living on the Choctaw Indian Reservation in the counties of Jones, Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Scott, and Winston
State Bar Association
Mississippi Bar
P.O. Box 2168
Jackson, MS 39225
Phone: (601) 948-4471
Fax: (601) 355-8635
Website: www.msbar.org
Goodwill Industries of South Mississippi, Inc.
2407 31st Street
Gulfport, MS 39501
Phone: (228) 863-2323
Fax: (228) 863-5621
Website: www.members.aol.com/goodwillsms
- Goodwill Industries provide training, skill development and work opportunities for people with disabilities and other barriers to employment.
Goodwill Industries of Mississippi, Inc.
104 East State Street
Ridgeland, MS 39157
Phone: (601) 853-8110
Fax: (601) 853-8113
Website: www.goodwill.org/states/ms/jackson
- Goodwill Industries provide training, skill development and work opportunities for people with disabilities and other barriers to employment.
MISSISSIPPI-CURE (Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants)
P.O. Box 1181
Corinth, Ms. 38835
Toll free: (877) 819-9663
Email: administration@mississippicure.org
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- CURE (Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants) is a membership organization of families of prisoners, prisoners, former prisoners and other concerned citizens.CURE's two goals are(1) to use prisons only for those who have to be in them (2) and for those who have to be in them, to provide them all the rehabilitative opportunities they need to turn their lives around.
South Mississippi Legal Services Corporation
111 Rue Magnolia, 202
Biloxi, MS 39533
Phone: (228) 374-4160
Fax: (601) 371-6045
Contact: David Dyess
Email: time4change08@yahoo.com
Counties Served: George, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Stone
Case Types: AIDS/HIV, Adoption, Bankruptcy, Consumer, Child Custody, Dissolution of Marriage, Domestic Violence, Elder Law, Employment, Health, Housing, Individual Rights, Juvenile, Public Benefits, Termination of Parental Rights, Torts, Wills.
Unfair Appearance in Sex Offender Databases Mississippi
Website: http://articles.directorym.com/Unfair_Appearance_in_Sex_Offender_Databas...
- If you are listed on a sex offender database because of an act that is now legal, here's how to get your name off. This article also covers how public access to sex offender databases works and why this information is open to the public.
