New Hampshire: Prison Resources

Aid to Incarcerated Marriages
P.O. Box 14
Concord, NH 03302-0014
Phone: (603) 271-1862
Contact: Mr. Brock
Email: wbrock@nhdoc.state.nh.us
Robert J. Paradise, Ph.D., Inmate Facilitator
Agency Head: Marilee Nihan, Administrator of Programs
Area Served: New Hampshire

Provides a support group, parent education, information, referrals, marriage preparation and support, family reunification support, family therapy, and marriage counseling.

Families Advocating for Inmate Reintegration
P.O. Box 805
Concord, NH 03302-0805
Phone: (603) 224-0120
Contact: Gloria G. Paradise, President
Email: fairnh@totalnetnh.net
Agency Head: Gloria G. Paradise, President
Area Served: New Hampshire

Provides transportation, a self-help support group, information and referrals for families and friends of New Hampshire prisoners.

Family Connections Center of the Lakes Region Facility
1 Right Way
Laconia, NH 03246
Phone: (603) 528-9266
Email: familyconnectionscenter@yahoo.com
Contact: Kristina Toth, Program Administrator
Agency Head: Kristina Toth, Program Administrator
Area Served: New Hampshire
Parent Organization: New Hampshire Dept. of Corrections

Provides parent education, support groups, special visits, seminars and stories recorded on audiotapes sent home, information and referrals.

New Hampshire Department of Corrections
P.O. Box 1806
Concord, NH 03302-1806
Phone: (603) 271-5600
Email: mnihan@nhdoc.state.nh.us
Website: www.state.nh.us/doc
Contact: Marilee Nihan, Administrator of Programs
Agency Head: Phil Stanley, Commissioner
Area Served: New Hampshire

Provides children's center in visiting rooms, parent education, self-help support groups, information, referrals, case management, mentoring, gifts for children, marriage preparation and support, and public education and advocacy to offenders, their spouses and children and their children's caregivers.

NEW ENGLAND INNOCENCE PROJECT
53 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
Phone: (617) 305-6505
Email: coordinator@newenglandinnocence.org
Website: www.newenglandinnocence.org

Actual innocence, DNA only.

NEW HAMPSHIRE LEGAL ASSISTANCE
15 Green Street
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 225-4700

May consider taking cases on pro bono basis

NEW HAMPSHIRE CLU (Civil Liberties Union)
18 Low Avenue
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 225-3080
Fax: (603) 226-3149
Contact: Barbara Keshen

Handle prison conditions, First Amendment and prisoners' rights cases.

Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative Grant
Phone: (603)-271-5652
Contact: Larry Blaisdell

The New Hampshire Department of Corrections will focus on two offender populations: (1) 30-40 juveniles who are confined for at least 6 months at the Youth Development Center and who are released to either Belknap County or the City of Manchester and (2) 300 adult offenders ages 17-35 who are confined for at least 12 months in one of New Hampshire's four state prisons and who are released to the City of Manchester. Through the New Hampshire Reentry Project, the department will partner with various service agencies to address the challenges of recidivism, substance abuse, and physical and mental health issues and to support education, workforce participation, housing, transportation, restitution, and community service. For more information, read this grantee's work plan: http://www.reentry.gov/sar/pdf/wp1_nh.pdf.

New Hampshire Department of Employment Security
32 South Main Street
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 224-3311
Fax: (603) 228-4145
Website: www.nhes.state.nh.us/

Of interest to individuals with criminal histories who are looking for assistance in finding employment.

Federal Bonding Program
New Hampshire Department of Employment Security
32 South Main Street
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 228-4083
Fax: (603) 229-4321

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
New Hampshire Department of Safety
Division of State Police
Central Repository for Criminal Records
10 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03305
Phone: (603) 271-2538
Website: www.state.nh.us/

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.

State Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Attorney General's Office
New Hampshire Department of Justice
33 Capitol Street
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 271-3658
Fax: (603) 271-2110
Website: www.state.nh.us/nhdoj

New Hampshire Correctional Industries
281 North State Street
P.O. Box 14
Concord, NH 03302
Phone: (603) 271-1875
Fax: (603) 271-1116
Website: www.state.nh.us/nhci

New Hampshire Correctional Industries manufactures office furniture, standard and custom wood furniture, signs/silk screenings/custom engravings, and picnic tables. It also offers services in printing and farm products such as cord/campfire wood, and baled or mulched hay.

Community Corrections
Shea Fram
REF 9
Iron Works Road
Concord, NH 03302
Phone: (603) 271-0424
Website: www.nh.gov/nhdoc/

There are three Community Corrections Centers in New Hampshire. The purpose of the Community Corrections Centers is to offer opportunities for offenders to transition to the community, to put together a solid parole plan, and to be reunited with their families. Programs include work release, money management, responsibilities toward re-socialization, counseling (on and off premises), cognitive problem solving, goal setting and parole plan preparation. Residents also participate in meetings where volunteers speak about such subjects as HIV/AIDS/STD's, rental laws, consumer credit, and programs for minorities. Participants are required to maintain employment, attend school, and/or participate in self-help programs.

New Hampshire Department of Corrections
State Office Park South
105 Pleasant Street
P.O. Box 1806
Concord, NH 03320
Phone: (603) 271-5600
Fax: (603) 271-5643
Website: www.nh.gov/nhdoc/

Division of Field Services
New Hampshire Department of Corrections
105 Pleasant Street
P.O. Box 1806
Concord, NH 03302
Phone: (603) 271-5652
Website: www.nh.gov/nhdoc/

The Division of Field Services is a division of the New Hampshire Department of Corrections and is responsible for the supervision of all New Hampshire probationers and parolees. The locations of other offices can be found on the web site listed below.

State Public Defender
117 North State Street
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 224-1236
Website: www.nhpd.org

Free or low-cost legal resources, both in civil and criminal law, are helpful to individuals with criminal histories in learning about relevant state laws governing the expungement or sealing of criminal histories or addressing other legal issues resulting from having a criminal history.

Legal Advice & Referral Center
Phone: (800) 639-5290 or (603) 224-3333

The Legal Advice & Referral Center provides free information, legal advice and referral services to low-income people in the areas of family law, welfare, and housing.

New Hampshire Legal Assistance
Website: www.nhla.org
Claremont: (800) 562-3994 or (603) 542-8795
Manchester: (800) 562-3174 or (603) 668-2900
Portsmouth: (800) 334-3155 or (603) 431-7411
Littleton: (800) 548-1886 or (603) 444-8000

New Hampshire Legal Assistance provides free legal advice and representation to low-income people in civil matters involving basic need, including food, shelter, income and medical care.

Pro Bono Referral Program
New Hampshire Bar Association
112 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (800) 639-5290 or (603) 224-3333
Website: www.nhbar.org

The Pro Bono Referral Program of the New Hampshire Bar Association links low-income people in need of legal representation with volunteer attorneys who provide services at no charge in the areas of family law, bankruptcy, landlord-tenant issues and children's disability. Individuals must call the Legal Advice & Referral Center for a referral to this office.

New Hampshire Works
New Hampshire Employment Security
32 South Main Street
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 665-1500 (Manchester only) or (800) 266-2252
Website: www.nhes.state.nh.us/centers/nhescenters.htm or www.nhworks.org

NH Works Center and New Hampshire Employment Security Resource Center are the one stop career centers in New Hampshire. There are 13 centers located across the state of New Hampshire. Staff is available to assist job seekers at each center, but most efforts for employment is self-generated. Computers, phones and fax machines are available at no charge. Computer software is available for resume writing, assessment tools, interview strategies, and how to search for jobs and educational opportunities. Internet access is also available.

Transformations Program
New Hampshire Community Technical College/Laconia
379 Belmont Road
Laconia, NH 03246
Phone: (603) 524-3207
Fax: (603) 524-8084
Website: www.laconia.tec.nh.us

The Transformations Program is offered by the New Hampshire Community Technical College and has a mission to assist recently released offenders obtain employment by providing life skills, employment skills and job placement services.

NEW HAMPSHIRE-CURE (Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants)
P.O. Box 3594
Nashua, NH 03061-3594
Phone: (603) 664-6952
Contact: Julien Olivier
Email: JuOlivier@aol.com

State Ombudsman
Don Rabun
State LTC Ombudsman
NH LTC Ombudsman Program
129 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH 03301-3857
Phone: (603)271-4704
Fax: (603)271-5574
Website: http://www.dhhs.state.nh.us/DHHD/BEAS/ltc-ombudsman..htm

New Hampshire Pro Bono Referral Program
112 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 224-6942
Fax: (603) 224-2910
Intake Phone: (800) 639-5290
Website: http://www.nhbar.org
Counties Served: Statewide
Case Types: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Child Custody, Dissolution of Marriage, Domestic Violence, Education, Elder Law, Housing, Immigration, Individual Rights, Public Benefits, Real Estate, Termination of Parental Rights, Torts, Wills
Other Case Types: Federal income tax disputes
Case Restrictions: For most cases, we use the LSC financial guidelines. For tax cases, we apply the LITC guideliines of the project funder--the IRS--which are set at 250% of poverty.

Legal Advice & Referral Center, Inc.
48 South Main Street
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (800) 639-5290
Website: www.larcnh.org

New Hampshire Citizens United to Reevaluate Sex Offender Registries
Contact: Laurie Peterson
Email: lwhite100@comcast.net
Website: http://cursor.eprci.com

The New Hampshire folks have successfully lobbied to amend some of the worst features of the Adam Walsh Act proposals for their state. They have also worked at the city level in Nashua and elsewhere to keep draconian residency requirements from being made into city ordinances.

New Hampshire - NHATSA (Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers)
President: Kimberly Marsh, M.S.W.
New Hampshire State Prison
281 North State Street
P.O. Box 14
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 271-7361
Email: Kmarsh@nhdoc.state.nh.us
Website: http://nhatsa.org

Unfair Appearance in Sex Offender Databases New Hampshire
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.

Treatment Centers for Juveniles and Adults Sexually Attracted to Children

Barrington

Bridging Lives Together
Joanne Groetzinger, L.C.M.H.C.
Phone: (603) 608-8485