Relevant Links
If you see a site you feel should be included here, please contact us.
Ministry Partners
Prison Fellowship
Ministries
National prison ministry dedicated to sharing the Gospel with prisoners,
ex-prisoners, and their families.
Christian Conquest Fellowship
The web site of Christian Conquest Fellowship,
pastored by Bishop Paul L Gaskins.
Mennonite Central Committee
A relief,
service, and peace agency of the North American Mennonite and Brethren in
Christ churches. MCC reflects the biblical call to care for the hungry and
thirsty, the stranger, the sick and those in prison.
Patmos Ministries
The goal of Patmos Ministries is to bring additional financial resources to programs that improve and enhance the lives of those who are or who have been incarcerated. To meet this goal, Patmos Ministries provides the services of grant seeking, grant writing, and organizational development to programs primarily focusing on the incarcerated, ex-offenders, and their families.
Other Links
Note: These links are provided for your information
only. CORM does not necessarily endorse any of the information
contained on these sites.
DC
Department of Corrections
DC
government agency that operates the DC Jail and several halfway homes in
Washington, DC
Court
Services and Offender Supervision Agency
Federal
Agency that handles parole and probation services for DC offenders.
Federal
Bureau of Prisons
Department
of Justice Agency that now houses DC prisoners in its own facilities and in
contracted facilities
D.C. Prisoners’ Project of the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs
As the successor to the D.C. Prisoners’ Legal Services Project, Inc., the mission of the D.C. Prisoners’ Project of the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs remains to advocate for the humane treatment and dignity of all persons convicted or charged with a criminal offense under D.C. law housed in prisons, jails or community corrections programs, to assist their family members with prison-related issues, and to promote progressive criminal justice reform. Our Project remains the only legal organization with a mission of advocating for the interests of over 7,000 D.C. prisoners currently held in 99 different federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) facilities across the country, in addition to more than 3,500 held in the D.C. Jail and the Correctional Treatment Facility.
Families
Against Mandatory Minimums
National organization of
citizens working to reform federal and state mandatory sentencing laws that remove judicial
discretion
Jobs
Partnership of Greater Washington
Bringing together local churches and businesses to train, mentor and employ even the most challenged unemployed and
underemployed citizens, empowering them to use their skills and talents and achieve true wellness in their relationship with God
through Jesus Christ.
DC
Public Defender Service
It
is the mission of the D.C. Public Defender Service to provide quality, zealous
legal representation to the indigent people facing a loss of liberty in the
District of Columbia.
Criminal
Justice Coordinating Council
The
mission of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) is to serve as the
forum for identifying issues and their solutions, proposing actions, and
facilitating cooperation that will improve public safety and the related
criminal and juvenile justice services for District of Columbia residents,
visitors, victims, and offenders.
DC
Employment Justice Center
The
mission of the D.C. Employment Justice Center is to secure and enforce the
rights of low-income workers in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area by
providing legal assistance on employment law matters to the working poor, and by
supporting a local workers' rights movement, bringing together low-wage workers
and advocates for the poor, to foster a more just community in our nation's
capital.
Reentry Jail
and Prison Ministry
This web site, operated by Chaplain Art Lyons, contains an excellent
resource listing of ministries around the country that work with ex-offenders.
United States Parole
Commission
The Federal government body that now has responsibility for making
parole decisions for District of Columbia offenders.
The Sentencing Project
The Sentencing Project is an independent source of criminal justice
policy analysis, data and program information for the public and policy-makers.
Virginia Mennonite
Conference
Virginia Mennonite Conference seeks to be a body of congregations and
agencies partnering with each other for Christ-centered worship, care,
and outreach that provides a Christ-like presence in local and international
communities.
The Sourcebook of Criminal
Justice Statistics
The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics brings together data
about all aspects of criminal justice in the United States. Available
at this site are over 600 tables and 4 figures from more than 100 sources.
Promise
Keepers
Evangelical organization dedicated to building men of integrity in
accordance with the Word of God.
District
of Columbia Government Home Page
The official home page of Washington, D.C.
Family and Corrections Network
A network of service providers to families of offenders.
Citizens United for the Rehabilitation
of Errants (CURE)
A national organization working to reform the criminal justice system.