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NGO's
EU
Africa
Asia
UK
North America
India
United Nations
United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of
Crime and Treatment of Offenders [UNAFEI]
Contact
: Tomoko Akane, Acting Deputy Director
1-26 Harumi-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-0057, Japan
Tel: +81-42-3337021
Fax: +81-42-3337024/4656
Email: unafei@moj.go.jp
Website:
http://www.unafei.or.jp/english/index.html
United Nations African Institute for the
Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders [UNAFRI]
Director
P.O. Box 10590, Kampala, Uganda
Fax: 25641-222623
Email: unafri@unafri.or.ug
/ unafri@yahoo.co.uk
Website:
http://www.unafri.or.ug
United Nations Centre for International Crime
Prevention [CICP]
P.O. Box 500
A-1400 Vienna
AUSTRIA
Tel: 43-1-26060-4269
Fax: 43-1-26060-5898
Website :
http://www.uncjin.org
United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice
Research Institute [UNICRI]
UNICRI Headquarter
Viale Maestri del Lavoro
10 - 10127 Turin, Italy
Tel. (+39) 011 653 71 11
Fax (+39) 011 631 33 68
Antenna office in Rome:
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
FAO Building E220/222 - 00100
Rome, Italy
Phone: (+39) 06-57050250, 06-57050252
Fax: (+39) 06-57050256
E-mail: unicri@unicri.it
Website:
http://www.unicri.it
United Nations Development Fund for Women [UNIFEM]
Headquarter in Newyork
Contact : Ms. Noeleen Heyzer
Executive Director
304 E45th Street
15th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Tel: +1 (212) 906-6400
Fax: +1 (212) 906-6705
South
Asia Regional Office
Contact : Ms. Chandni Joshi,
Regional Programme Director
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
223 Jor Bagh,
New Delhi - 110 003
Tel: 91-11-4698297, 4604351,
Fax: 91-11-4622136, 4627612
E-Mail: chandni.joshi@undp.org
United Nations Crime and Justice Information
Network [UNCJIN]
Serves as an electronic clearing-house for criminal
justice related issues coordinated by the United Nations Centre for
International Crime Prevention Vienna
Website:
http://www.odccp.org/uncjin.html
United Nations International Children's
Educational Fund [UNICEF]
UNICEF House, 73,Lodi Estate, New Delhi-110003
Tel: 91-11-24691410 Fax : 24627521, 24691410
Email:india@unicef.org
Website:http://www.unicef.org
United Nations Latin American Institute
for the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders
[ILANUD]
Contact : Rodrigo Paris (Ph.D),
Executive Director
Calle 17, Aves 6 y 8
San Jose
P.O. Box 10071-1000
Costa Rica
Email: ilanudcd@racsa.ra.cr
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Headquarter
Contact : Antonio Maria Costa,
Executive Director
Vienna International Centre
PO Box 500
A-1400 Vienna
Austria
Telephone: +43 1 26060 0
Fax: +43 1 26060 5866
E-mail: unodc@unodc.org
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner
for Human Rights [OHCHR]
Palais des Nations 8-14 Avenue de la Paix CH-1211, Genčve
10
Tel: [41-22]917-9000
website:
http://www.unhchr.ch
International Resources
A. International NGOs
Amnesty International
Headquarter
99-119 Rosebery Avenue
London
EC1R 4RE
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 20 7814 6200
Fax: +44 20 7833 1510
Website:
www.amnesty.org.uk
Regional
Office
C-161
4th Floor
Gautam Nagar
(Behin Indian Oil / Gulmohar Commerical Complex)
New Delhi 110 049
INDIA
Telephone: +91 11 2685 4763
Fax: +91 11 2651 0202
Human Rights Watch
2nd Floor, 2-12 Pentonville Road
London N1 9HF, UK
Tel: 44 20 7713 1995, Fax: 44 20 7713 1800
Email : hrwuk@hrw.org
Website :
http://www.hrw.org/prisons
International Centre for Prison Studies [ICPS]
Contact : Andrew Coyle, Director
3rd Floor, 26 - 29 Drury Lane, LONDON, WC2B 5RL
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7848 1922, Fax +44 (0) 20 7848 1901
E-mail: icps@kcl.ac.uk
Website:
http://www.prisonstudies.org
Penal Reform International [PRI],
London. PRI is an international non-governmental organisation
working towards penal reform in different countries of the world. It
has members in over 80 countries of the world. It provides technical
expertise and practical advice to NGOs and governments seeking to
make specific reforms to their penal systems and helps penal reform
activists and specialists to set up non-governmental penal reform
organizations in their own countries. It also helps in developing
models for alternatives to imprisonment as a form of punishment.
Contact : Paul English, Executive Director
Unit 450
The Bon Marche Centre
241 - 251 Ferndale Road
London, SW9 8BJ
United Kingdom
Tel. : 44 (0)20 7924 95 75
Fax: 44 (0) 20 7924 96 97
E-mail : headofsecretariat@penalreform.org
E-mail:
headofsecretariat@penalreform.org
Website:
http://www.penalreform.org
Among other things, this website also provides further links to a
number of other International NGOs, Resource groups and individuals
working on Prisons.
VERA Institute of Justice
Contact : Christopher E. Stone,
Director
233
Broadway, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10279
phone: (212) 334-1300
Fax: (212) 941-9407
Website -
http://www.vera.org
Africa
Botswana
DITSHWANELO - The Botswana Centre
for Human Rights.
Contact : Ms. Alice Mogwe, Director
Private Bag 00416
Gaborone
Botswana
Southern Africa
Tel: + 267 390-6998
Fax: + 267 390-7778
E-mail: legal.ditshwanelo@info.bw
The Gambia
African Commission on Human and People's
Rights [ACHPR]
Contact: SE Salamata SAWADOGO (Burkinafaso),
Chairperson
90 Kairaba Avenue
P.O. Box 673
Banjul
The Gambia
Tel. [220] 392962 / 372070
Fax: [220] 390764
Email : info@achpr.org /
salamatas@yahoo.fr
Website :
http://www.achpr.org/index.html
Namibia
Legal Assistance Centre [LAC].
Head Office
Contact : Mr Clement Daniels,
Director
4 Körner Street, Windhoek
PO Box 604, Windhoek, Namibia
TEL: +264 (0)61 223356
FAX: +264 (0)61 234953
E-mail: info@lac.org.na
Website:
http://www.lac.org.na
Nigeria
The Human Rights Law Services [HURI-LAWS]
Contact : Frances Ogwo, Executive Director
2nd Floor, Maritime Complex
34, Olorogun Micheal IBRU Boulevard
(formerly Creek Rd.)
P.O.Box 3169,Apapa Lagos, Nigeria
Tel: 234-1-4741081, 7918917
Fax: 234-1-5454554
E-mail: hurilaws@hurilaws.org
Website:
http://www.hurilaws.org
Uganda
Foundation for Human Rights Initiative [FHRI]
Plot 1853 Lulume Road, Nsambya, Kampala
P.O. Box 11027, Kampala, Uganda
Tel: (256-41) 510263, 510498, 510276
FAX: (256-41) 510498
E-mail : fhri@fhri.or.ug
Website :
www.fhri.or.ug
Asia
Bangladesh
Ain O Salish Kendra [ASK]
Contact Person: Dr. Mohammad Bashiruz Zaman,
Executive Director
26/3 Purana Paltan Line, Dhaka 1000, P.O. Box 3252, Bangladesh
Phone No.: (880-2) 831-856
Fax No.: (880-2) 831-856
E-mail: ucep@citechco.net
Bangladesh Legal Aid Service Trust [BLAST]
Contact : Ziaul Hasan, Director
14/1 (4th Floor), Segunbagicha, Dhaka - 1000, Bangladesh
Tel: 880-2-9349126
E-mail: blast@bangla.net
ODHIKAR
3/6 Shegun Bagicha
Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Tel: +008-02-9560173
Fax: +008-02-9567280
e-mail: odhikar@bangla.net
Hong Kong
Asian Human Rights Commission
Contact : Basil Fernando, Executive Director
19/F, Go-Up Commercial Building,
998 Canton Road, Kowloon, Hongkong S.A.R.
Tel: +(852) - 2698-6339 Fax: +(852) - 2698-6367
Email: ahrchk@ahrchk.org
Indonesia
Indonesian Legal Aid Association(YLBHI)
Jl. Diponegoro No. 74
Jakarta 10320
Indonesia
Tel: 62 21 314 5518
Fax: 62 21 330 140
Email: ylbhi@ylbhi.org or
ylbhi@indo.net.id
Web : www.ylbhi.org
Pakistan
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
Contact : Mr. Tahir Mohammad Khan,
Chairperson
Aiwan-I-Jamjoor, 107-Tipu Block
New Garden Town, Lahore - 54600
Tel: (042) 5838341-5864994-5865969
Fax: (042) 5883582
Web site:
www.hrcp-web.org
E-mail: hrcp@hrcp-web.org
Singapore
Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative
Enterprise [SCORE]
407 Upper Changi Road North
20km (within Prison HQ Complex)
Singapore 507658
Tel: 6214 2853 / 2823
Fax: 6546 0871
Email:
scorebd@singnet.com.sg
Europe
Finland
The European Institute for Crime Prevention
and Control
Affiliated with the United Nations [HEUNI]
Contact : Kauko Aromaa, Director
P.O. Box 157
00121, Helsinki
Finland
Phone: +358 9 1825 7880
Fax: +358 9 1825 7890
Email: kauko.aromaa@om.fi /
heuni@om.fi
Website:
http://www.heuni.fi/
Italy
International Institute of Higher Studies in
Criminal Sciences
Via Agati 12
96100 Siracusa Italy
Tel: 39-0931-414515/16
The International Scientific and Professional
Advisory Council (ISPAC)
C/o Centro Nazionale di Prevenzione e Difesa Sociale
3, Piazza Castello-20121 Milano, Italy
Tel: 39 02 86 46 07 14
Tel: 39 02 86 46 07 14
Fax: 39 02 72 00 84 31
E-mail : Cnpds.Ispac@cnpds.it
Website :
http://www.ispac-italy.org
Northern Ireland
Contact : Ms Paddy Sloan, Chief Executive
Temple Court,
39 North Street,
Belfast,
BT1 1NA
Tel: 028 9024 3987.
Fax: 028 9024 7844.
Email: info@nihrc.org
Sweden
Raoul Wallenberg Institute
Prof. Gudmundur Alfredsson, Director
P.O.Box 1155, S-22105 Lund, Sweden
Tel: +46-46-222 1200
Fax: +46-46-222 1222
Website :
http://www.rwi.lu.se/
Email :
gudmundur.alfredsson@rwi.lu.se /
secretariat@rwi.lu.se
United Kingdom
Independent Monitoring Boards Secretariat
2nd Floor
Ashley House
2 Monck Street
London
SW1P 2BQ
Tel: 0870 267 8149
Fax: 020 7035 2250
Email:
imb@bov-secretariat.demon.co.uk
National Association for the Care and
Resettlement of Offenders [NACRO]
169 Clapham Road
London SW9 0PU
Tel 020 7582 6500
Fax 020 7735 4666
Email :
communications@nacro.org.uk
Website :
http://www.nacro.org.uk
Prison Reform Trust [PRT]
5 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0JR
By Telephone: 020 7251 5070.
By Fax: 020 7251 5076.
Email:
prt@prisonreformtrust.org.uk
Website:
http://www.prisonreformtrust.org.uk
North
America
Canada
International Center for the Prevention of
Crime
Contact : Myriam Ezratty, Chair of the Board
507, Place d'Armes,
Suite 2100
Montreal, Quebec,
Canada H2Y2W8
Tel: 514/288.6731
Fax: 514/288.8763
Email:
cipc@crime-prevention-intl.org
USA
National
Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center for the Education for
Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent or At Risk (NDTAC)
The overarching mission of
the National Evaluation and Technical
Assistance Center for the Education for Children and Youth Who Are
Neglected, Delinquent or At Risk (NDTAC) is to improve educational
programming for youth in institutional settings such as youth who
are neglected and delinquent. NDTAC is the result of a contract
between the U.S. Department of Education and the
American Institutes for
Research (AIR), a nonprofit research
organization that performs basic and applied research, provides
technical support, and conducts analyses based on methods of the
behavioral and social sciences.
NDTAC is based in
Washington, DC. See
www.neglected-delinquent.org for more
information.
The following is a list of sites, documents and programs that may
be useful in learning more about prisoner re-entry programs and how
faith-based and community organizations are active partners in the
re-entry process. This information includes other agency efforts and
programs, training, and technical assistance opportunities and
publications.
Mentoring Ex-Prisoners: A Guide for Reentry Programs — (PDF)
This manual provides guidelines and recommendations intended to
address the challenges and to increase the benefits of mentoring
adult ex-prisoners as part of their involvement in reentry programs.
Ready4Reentry:
A Prisoner Reentry Toolkit — (PDF)
This toolkit is a guide for faith-based or community organization
interested in establishing or enhancing their prisoner reentry
program. This document covers a variety of topics, such as
recruiting, case management, job placement, mentoring, and forming
successful partnerships.
Just Out
This promising practices guide examines the early implementation
of Ready4Work and reports on the best emerging practices in four key
program areas.
One Stop Career Centers
Centers provide access to workforce information, job counseling
and placement programs, and various other resources. One Stop Career
Centers also provide education and job training support. There are
also numerous electronic resources available through the program's
website.
Federal Bonding Program (FBP)
Founded in 1966, the FBP was designed to protect employers from
fraudulent or dishonest acts by "at-risk" employees (i.e. candidates
with a history of arrest or other morally questionable behavior).
Since commercially available bonds do not protect businesses against
these candidates, the FBP provides free protection bonds for the
first six months of employment. These benefits are available to any
employer in any state, and information on the application process is
available on the organization's website.
Work
Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC)
This a federal tax credit that encourages employers to hire
people who fall within eight targeted groups of job seekers,
including ex-offenders, by reducing employers' federal income tax
liability.
Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program (HVRP)
This program provides services to assist homeless veterans in
finding meaningful employment. Job placement, career counseling, and
job training are among the many services provided. HVRP works with
various veterans' organizations as a means of reaching out to the
veteran community.
Prisoner Re-entry: Issues and Answers
This publication provides basic information on prisoner re-entry
and faith-based and community organizations.
Ready4Work: Business Perspectives on Ex-Offender Re-entry
This publication provides information from the focus groups which
DOL conducted with the business community to learn from their
experiences in hiring ex-offenders.
National Institute of Corrections (NIC)
NIC is an agency within the DOJ that offers training, technical
assistance, and information services to those who provide employment
services to people with criminal records. Recently the NIC announced
a three-day, DVD-based Offender Employment Specialist (OES) training
course. Please see the links below for detailed information and
contacts.
Training Brochure
Video on OES training program
Corporation for National Community Service (CNCS)
CNCS is an independent federal agency that provides training and
support for volunteer organizations around the country, including
faith- and community-based programs. The Resource Center (see below)
is an excellent source for training tools and other technical
assistance. Additionally, the website features access to live and
recorded "webinars" discussing topics of crime prevention and
prisoner reentry. For a guide on how to navigate the CNCS website
and learn about training opportunities please see the link below.
The Resource Center
Crime Prevention/Prisoner Reentry Webinars
Based on the success of the 2007 PSN Anti-Gang Training
Conference, the Department of Justice will be offering several more
anti-gang conferences in 2008. These conferences are intended to
teach law enforcement officials state-of-the-art gang prevention
techniques. The main site contains information on these conferences
(including the calendar linked below), and various other resources.
Weed and Seed
This is a community-based, multi-agency strategy that involves a
two-pronged approach: first, law enforcement agencies and
prosecutors cooperate in "weeding out" violent criminals and drug
abusers. Secondly, public agencies and community-based private
organizations collaborate to "seed" much-needed human services.
These services include prevention, intervention, treatment, and
neighborhood restoration programs. A community-oriented patrolling
component bridges the weeding and seeding elements. This site
includes a section on
how faith-based and community organizations are involved in building
partnerships to prevent crime and strengthen neighborhoods.
Department of Justice's Youth Gang Prevention Initiative
This choice-based program engages faith-based and community
organizations in an effort to provide America's youth and offenders
returning to the community with opportunities that help them resist
gang involvement. The six cities selected to implement this program
are: Los Angeles, CA; Cleveland, OH; Dallas-Fort Worth, TX;
Milwaukee, WI; Tampa, FL; and the 222 Corridor that stretches from
Easton to Lancaster, PA, near Philadelphia.
U.S. Department of Justice Gang Reduction Program
The purpose of this program is to incorporate federal, state, and
local resources in the use of modern techniques of gang prevention,
intervention, and suppression. There are currently four pilot
program locations: East Los Angeles, CA; Milwaukee, WI; North Miami
Beach, FL; and Richmond, VA. The linked site provides information on
the program, and other resources related to anti-gang activities.
Serious and Violent Offender Re-entry Initiative (SVORI)
This comprehensive program addresses both juvenile and adult
populations of serious, high-risk offenders.
SVORI Grantees and Programs
Additional information on SVORI
Faith-and Character-Based Release (FCBR) Programs
Some states currently have faith- or character-based initiatives.
The purpose of these programs is to provide inmates with life
skills, anger management, and other such services to ease their
reintegration into society. Florida is one of the states pioneering
this approach, and currently has three entire correctional
facilities, or
Faith-and Character-Based Institutions (FCBI's), in which the
entire inmate population is a part of the FCBR initiative.
Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Programs
The Federal BOP offers several options for prisoner re-entry,
including Residential Re-entry Centers (RRC), Comprehensive Sanction
Centers (CSC), and home confinement options. RRCs are typical
halfway houses, in which contractors monitor the activities of
recently released prisoners, to ensure an effective reintroduction
into the community. CSCs are more structured than RRCs, and utilize
a five-step process to scale back oversight from 24 hour confinement
to home confinement. Home confinement is simply the requirement that
the newly released prisoners remain in their own homes during
non-working hours.
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
The OJJDP is a Department of Justice Program, which provides
support to local and state governments in an effort to improve the
juvenile justice system. OJJDP will be hosting conferences in 2008
for faith-based and community organizations, with an emphasis on
ways to access private and public grants and funding. The
OJJDP Model Programs Guide is an excellent resource for anyone
working in the juvenile justice system. It provides a database of
past programs, and ideas for implementing new practices in the
prevention and intervention of delinquency.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
SAMHSA is responsible for both the Access to Recovery program and
the Center for Substance abuse prevention. Details on the individual
programs can be found below.
Access to Recovery (ATR)
ATR is a substance abuse recovery program similar to the
Beneficiary-Choice Contracting Program that grants payment vouchers
to those who are seeking substance abuse treatment. The vouchers
allow the patient to choose his/her treatment site, with the hope
that they will be better able to pick a site tailored to their
needs. There are currently ATR programs in 14 States.
ATR Fact Sheet
2004 ATR Grantees
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
This site provides access to various educational resources and
programs that focus on the prevention of substance abuse. Various
tools, such as program planning, strategies for implementation, and
other such resources can be found here.
Center for Disease Control (CDC)
The CDC provides various services, such as
HIV testing and the
Minority AIDS Initiative. The CDC's main website also provides
links to various other resources.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD)
Past offenders are allowed to live in Section 8 subsidized
housing.
More information on Section 8 housing can be obtained on the HUD
website.
Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA)
The Corporation for National and Community Service's VISTA
program focuses on developing prisoner reentry programs that help
recently released prisoners find meaningful work. Aside from the
summary linked above, the
VISTA program handbook has excellent information on the
planning, implementation, and evaluation of prisoner reentry
programs.
U.S. Courts Office of Probation and Pretrial Services
The Office of Probation and Pretrial Services has its own
prisoner reentry supervision programs, which seek to put recently
released prisoners back into a positive environment in the hopes of
reduced recidivism. In addition to an assigned probation officer,
who checks on the prisoner's progress with work, school, and so on,
the office provides mental health, substance abuse, and other such
treatment services. Other options for release such as home
confinement are also programs sponsored by the office.
NGA Prisoner Re-entry Policy Academy
The NGA Policy Academy works with state governors and policy
makers to develop new strategies to improve prisoner re-entry
programs and recidivism rates. One of the program's main goals is to
allow states to tap into the already existing programs (drug
treatment, job placement, etc.) that will aid in the process.
Justice Reinvestment Program
The Justice Reinvestment Program is an initiative by the Council
of State Governments Justice Center, which aims to improve the way
states think about prisoner reentry. The first step in the program
is to analyze and identify trends in the prison population, like
which neighborhoods or areas prisoners tend to return to. Then,
state spending in these areas is assessed, to determine if there is
a way to streamline and integrate multiple programs targeted at the
same areas. The overall goal of this is to generate savings from
this increased efficiency that can be reinvested in community
programs. There are currently Justice Reinvestment programs in 8
states.
Urban Institute
The Urban Institute has compiled a body of research and
information regarding prisoner re-entry. Included is their Re-entry
Roundtable series which brought together prisoner re-entry
researchers to share their findings and discuss relevant issues.
Criminal Offender Statistics
The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics has compiled this body of
information including statistics on rates of recidivism, prevalence
of imprisonment, comparisons of Federal and State inmates, and
gender-related inmate statistics, as well as several publications
covering different aspects of inmates and crime.
State by State and National Trends
This site provides national and state annual statistics for all
categories of crime.
U.S. Department of Justice Re-entry Program (Reentry.gov)
This is the main site for the DOJ's Reentry
program. It contains an overview of the Prisoner Reentry Initiative
as a whole, with various links and references to other organizations
and resources. The
Reentry Resource Map is an excellent way
to locate reentry resources around the country. The site also
explains the implications of the
Faith-Based and Community Initiative in relation to governments'
dealing with Faith-Based Organizations.
Past DOJ Grant Recipients
United States Attorneys Contact Information
The Reentry Policy Council (RPC)
The Reentry Policy Council was designed to
assist state governments with various reentry issues. Its goal was
to develop ideas and policies for state officials, and to improve
information sharing among organizations. The RPC is organized into
three groups: Public Safety and Restorative Activities, Supportive
Health and Housing, and Workforce Development and Employment
Opportunities. In 2005, the
RPC published an extensive report, which
reflects the results of a series of meetings among 100 of the most
respected workforce, health, housing, public safety, family,
community, and victim experts in the country. |
India
National Resources
South Asia Human Rights Documentation
Centre
Contact : Ravi Nair, Executive Director
B-6/6, Safdarjung Enclave Extension, New Delhi - 110029, India
Phone: + 91-11-26192717, 26192706, 26191120
Fax: + 91-11-26191120
Email :rnairsahrdc@hotmail.com
/ secretariat@aphrn.org
Website :
http://www.aphrn.org
Bureau of Police Research and Development [BPR&D],
Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India
The Prisons department of BPR&D conducts training
programmes and vertical interaction courses for prison officers and
is presently engaged in drafting a Model National Prison Manual.
Contact: The Director General or Dr. B.V. Trivedi, Assistant
Director
Block No. 11, 3/4th Floor, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110
003
Email - dgbprd@bol.net.in,
bprd1@ren02.nic.in
Website -
http://www.bprd.org
Central Social Welfare Board [CSWB]
May be contacted for the care and rehabilitation of women prisoners.
Contact: Mrs. Mridula Sinha, Chairperson
Samaj Kalyan Bhavan, B-12, Tara Crescent, Institutional Area, South
of IIT, New Delhi-110 016
Tel:(++91-11) 26866483 [O], 23016112 [R]
Department of Women & Child Development,
Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, Shastri
Bhawan, New Delhi-110 001.
International Committee of the Red Cross
Contact : Mr Nicod Vincent, Head of regional deleg.
Mr Przedpelski Robert, Media contact person
ICRC Regional Delegation
for South Asia
47, Sunder Nagar
NEW DELHI 110003
(covers Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives)
Tel.: (++91 11) 2435 23 38 - 2435 43 94
Fax: (++91 11) 2435 07 23 - 2435 32 50
E-mail : new_delhi.del@icrc.org
Website :
http://www.icrc.org
National Commission for Women, [NCW]
Contact: Dr. [Mrs.] Poornima Advani, Chairperson
4 Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg, New Delhi - 110 002
Tel: (++91-11) 23236204 [O], 23354826 [R]. General telephone
numbers: 23237166, 23236988
Fax: (++91-11) 23236154. Complaints Cell: 23222369
Email :
member_secretary@ncw-india.org
Website :
http://www.ncw-india.org
National Crime Records Bureau [NCRB],
Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India
It Brings out annual Crime in India figures and Prison Statistics
East Block - 7, R.K. Puram, New Delhi - 110 066
Tel: (++91-11) 26172324, 26101767
Fax: 26186576, 26197984
Email: ncrb@vsnl.com,
ncrb@bol.net.in
Website:
http://www.ncrb.nic.in
National Human Rights Commission, [NHRC]
Contact: Shri Chaman Lal, Special Rapporteur for Custodial Justice
Sardar Patel Bhawan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi - 110 001
Tel: (++91-11) 23344345 [O]. General telephone numbers of NHRC:
23361611, 23361175, and 23340123. Mobile [For complaints after
office hours and during holidays]: 9810298900
Fax: 23340016, 23366537
E-mail: nhrc@ren.nic.in
Website:
http://www.nhrc.nic.in
National Institute of Criminology and
Forensic Sciences, [NICFS]
Among other things, it conducts contact and training programmes for
prison officers
Contact: Mr. Sharda Prasad, Director
Sector 3, Rohini, Outer Ring Road, New Delhi - 110 085
Tel: (++91-11) 27277687.
National Institute of Public Cooperation
and Child Development, [NIPCCD]
May be contacted for issues concerning women prisoners and children
of prisoners both inside and outside prisons
Contact Dr. Dinesh Paul, Joint Director [Child Division] or Mr.
K.K.Singh
Joint Director [Women's Division]
5, Siri Institutional Area
Opposite Hauz Khas Police Station
New Delhi-110 016
Tel: 011-26963204, 26963002
National Legal Services Authority [NLSA]
Contact: R.C. Chopra, Member Secretary
12/ 11, Jam Nagar House, New Delhi - 110 011
Tel: (++91-11) 23389682, 23385321, 23382778
E-mail: nalsa@bol.net.in
Website:
http://causelists.nic.in/nalsa/
Supreme Court Legal Services Committee
Contact : B.P.Bhatt, Member Secretary
109, Lawyers' Chambers,
Supreme Court Compound,
New Delhi-110 001
Ph. Nos. 23388313, 23073970, 23381257
E-mail : sclsc@nic.in
Parliamentary Committee on Empowerment of
Women
Mrs. Margaret Alva
Member of Parliament and Chairperson
Parliamentary Committee on Empowerment of Women
Parliament House Annexe, New Delhi-110 001
People's Action for Mental Health [PAMH]
Prof. R. Srinivasa Murthy, Prof of Psychiatry, Department of
Psychiatry
National Institute of Mental Health an Neuro Sciences [NIMHANS]
P.O.Box No. 2900, Bangalore-560029
Tel: 080-6995251,6995261 [O]
Email:
Murthy@nimhans.kar.nic.in
The Art of Living Foundation
It organizes meditation courses for prisoners in different states of
India. For complete details on course and other centres around the
world, please visit their Website:
http://www.artofliving.org
Vipassana International Academy
Dhamma Giri, P.O. Box No. 6, Igatpuri, Nasik, Maharashtra - 422403
Tel: 02553-2244076, 2244086
Fax: 2244176
E-mail: info@giri.dhamma.org
Website:
http://www.dhamma.org
B. State and Union Territory wide resources
Andhra Pradesh
Mr. M.R. Ahmed, DIG [Prisons], [Andhra region]
He is a trained trainer for training prison officers in human rights
of prisoners.
Opposite Central Prison, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh - 533 105
Tel: 040-24566897 [O],24577747 [R]
9848172937 [M]
Fax: 24400099
E-mail:
riazuddinahmed@rediffmail.com
Chandigarh
Institute of Correctional Administration
Among other things, it organises training courses for prison
officers from Northern India
Contact Dr. [Ms.] Upneet Lalli, Deputy Director
Central Polytechnique Complex, Hostel No. 3, Sector 26, Chandigarh
Tel: 0172-790055/58
Telefax: 790055.
Delhi
Prof. B.B. Pande, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Law,
University of Delhi.
Has been working on juvenile justice and prison related issues for a
number of decades now and had field programmes in Tihar Central
Jail, Delhi for providing free para legal services and legal
literacy to indigent prisoners. Is presently in the committee of the
BPR&D on drafting the Model National Prison Manual.
C - 11, Delhi University Teachers Flats, Chattra Marg, Delhi
University, Delhi - 110 007
Tel: (++91-11) 27667387 [R]
E-mail: bbpande@hotmail.com
Dr. Hira Singh
Was formerly Director of the National Institute of Social Defense;
Member in the All India Committee on Jail Reforms [1980-83] and
Consultant to the National Human Rights Commission and the BPR&D on
Prison related issues and an expert on juvenile justice issues.
183, Munirka Vihar, New Delhi - 110 067
Tel: (++91-11) 26189063 [R].
Mr. Sunil Gupta, Law Officer, Tihar Central Jail, New Delhi
Tel: (++91-11) 25621605 [O].
Action Aid, India
It is a development funding agency and supports around 300 voluntary
organizations across the country on issues like worsening status of
women, dalits, children deprived of education, drought and chronic
hunger, rights of persons with disabilities and discrimination and
exploitation of vulnerable groups like the tribals and the homeless.
It has started a long-term project on the impact of the criminal
justice system on poor and marginalized sections of the society.
C-88, South Extension, Part II, New Delhi - 49
Tel: (++91-11) 51640571-76
Email:
aaindia@actionaidindia.org
Website:
http://www.actionaidindia.org
AIDS Awareness Group [AAG]
AAG has been working in Tihar Central jail for eight years now and
caters to HIV/ AIDS infected prisoners and provides free legal
services to indigent prisoners.
Contact: Mrs. Elizabeth and Mr. Siddharth Vatsayan
119, Humayun Pur [Ground floor], Safdurjung Enclave, New
Delhi-110029
Tel: (++91-11) 26187953/54 [O]
E-mail: aag@mantraonline.com
Website:
http://www.aagindia.org/
India Vision Foundation [IVF]
Set up by Dr. [Mrs.] Kiran Bedi in 1994 it works in the fields of -
Prison reforms, Education of Children of Prisoners, Education in
urban slums, Drug Abuse Prevention, Crime Prevention and Police
reforms, Empowerment of Women, Physical and Mental Disability, Rural
Development and Promotion of Sports.
Contact: Ms. Kamini Gogia, Organising Secretary. 2 - Talkatora Lane,
New Delhi - 110 001
Tel: 011-23094761, Mobile: 9811056000
Fax:23094061
E-mail: ivfindia@vsnl.com
Website:
http://www.indiavisionfoundation.org
Navjyoti - a Delhi Police
Foundation for Correction, De-addiction and Rehabilitation
Set up by Dr. [Mrs.] Kiran Bedi in 1987, it has been actively
providing community services in the fields of - Drugs and Alcohol
Prevention, Treatment of Addicts and their Rehabilitation, Education
of Women and Children, Street and Working Children in Slums,
Empowerment of Women, Children of Women Prisoners and Rural
Development
Contact Ms. Arvinder Kaur, Organising Secretary
Address 1: Vikas Bhawan, Sanjay Amar Colony, Yamuna Pushta, New
Delhi - 110 006
Telefax: (++91-11) 23866312, 23866316, 23866403
Address 2: 3rd Floor, Sarai Rohilla Police Station, New Delhi - 110
007
Tel: (++91-11) 23610490
Telefax: 23515075
E-mail:
Navjyoti@del2.vsnl.net.in
Website:
http://www.drughelpline.org
World Health Organisation [WHO],India
Indraprastha Estate, New Delhi- 110002
Tel : 011-23317804
WHO Headquarters, Avenue Appia 20,
1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
Tel:00 41-22-7912111, Fax: 7913111
Website:
http://www.who.int/en
Haryana
Penal Reform and Justice Association [PRAJA]
It is the sister organisation of the Penal Reform International.
Presently it is engaged in projects on the mental health and care of
women prisoners and their children in the state of Andhra Pradesh
other than helping the government of Andhra Pradesh to successfully
introduce 'Community service' as an alternative to imprisonment. In
the past it has helped in the training of prison officers in human
rights
Contact Dr. [Mrs.] Rani D. Shankardass, Secretary General
7A&B, Sector 14, Mehrauli Road, Gurgaon, Haryana - 122 001
Tel: 0124-2323564, 2323959 [O]. [From Delhi dial 9124 instead of the
STD Code]. Fax: 0124-2323959
E-mail: mail@prajaindia.org
Karnataka
Prison Ministry India [PMI]
It has branches in different states of the country. It's members and
volunteers are engaged in providing moral and adult education,
counseling to prisoners, education to children of prisoners,
organise cultural activities in prisons and work towards the
rehabilitation of prisoners
Post Box No. 3410, Yuvachethana Colony, 2nd Cross, Venkatpura,
Koramangla Post Office, Bangalore, Karnataka - 560 034
Tel: 080-25520859, 25523722 [O]
E-mail: pmin@vsnl.com,
pmin89@hotmail.com
Website:
http://www.pmin.org
Madhya Pradesh
Mr. S.
K. Das
Director General of Prisons
Madhya Pradesh Prison Head Quarters
Old Central Jail Campus
Jail Road
Arera Hills, Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh
Tel: 0755-2558198 [O]
Mr. Subroto Banerjee
Principal Secretary [Jails], Madhya Pradesh
Room No. - 448, 4th Floor, Vallabh Bhawan, Bhopal.
Tel: 0755-2441037 [O], 2441447 [R]
Mr. A.K.
Rawat
Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Prisons
Tel: 0755-2573150 [O]
2557893 [R]
Mr. R.S.
Vijayvargia, DIG (Law), Prison Head Quarters.
Old Jail Campus, Jail Road, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Tel: 0755-2573403 [O]
Dr. Lalji Mishra, Superintendent, Jabalpur Central Jail
Madhya Pradesh - 482 002
Tel: 0761-2621752 [O]
Dr.
Suhel Ahmed, Superintendent, Ujjain Central Jail
Bhairugarh, Ujjain
Tel: 0734-2551020 [O]
Mr. G.P. Tamrakar, Superintendent, Gwalior Central Jail
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
Mr. Mansharam Alawe, Superintendent, Rewa Central jail
Tel: 07662-252563 [O]
Ms.
Miriam Thomas
Advocate
Nirmala Convent
Lalipur, Mandla
Madhya Pradesh
Tel: 07642-250604 [O]
Ms.
Radha Bhatt
Joint Secretary
Kasturba Gandhi Trust
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission [MPHRC]
Contact: Justice [Retd.] R.D. Shukla, Chairperson
Paryavas Bhawan, Block 1, Arera Hills, Jail Road, Bhopal, Madhya
Pradesh - 462 011
Tel: 0755-2764505 [O]. General Reception numbers: 2572034
Fax: 2574028
E-mail:
mphrc@bom6.vsnl.net.in
Madhya Pradesh State Commission for Women [MPSCW]
Contact: Dr. [Mrs.] Savita Inamdar. Chairperson
Office Address: B Block, Old Secretariat, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh - 1
Tel: 0755-2531427 [O], 9827031855 [M]
Fax: 2542394
Dr. [Ms.] Sonal Amin, Member.
Residential address: 7/11, University Road, 'Kinal' Pachpedhi,
Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh - 482 001
Tel: 0761-2601407
Madhya Pradesh State Legal Services
Authority [MPSLSA]
Contact: Justice D.P.S. Chauhan, Executive Chairperson
574, South Civil Lines, Jabalpur
Tel: 0761-2327652, 2327651 [O]
Fax: 2328267
E-mail: root@mplsa.mp.nic.in
Dr. G.S.
Bajpayee
Department of Criminology
Dr. Hari Singh Gaur University
Sagar, MP
Madhya Pradesh Women's Finance and Development
Corporation
MR. M.K. Chaturvedi
General Manager
24, Maharana Pratap Nagar
Zone-2, Bhopal, M.P.
Tel: 0755-2557783, 2557622 [O]
Fax: 2557783
Department of Women and Child Development
Government of Madhya Pradesh
Dr. [Mrs.] Pragya Awasthi
Joint Director
4th Floor, Paryavas Bhawan
Block-2, Arera Hills
Bhopal, M.P.
Tel:0755-2555414[O]
Sudhar-Social
Work in Prison
Mrs. Surekha Talari
Coordinator
HIG A/11. Block A, MPSRTC Building Complex
City Depot, Jawahar Complex
City Depot, Jawahar Chowk, Near Bhadbhada Road, Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh
Tel: 0755-5221405 [O],2774436[R]
Email:
sudhar_prison@rediffmail.com
SOS Children's Village,
Bhopal
Dr. K.N. Pathak, Director,Khajuri Kalan road
Piplani, Bhopal-462021, M.P.
Tel: 0755-2757588, 2755217[O]
Fax:2687625
Email:
sosbhopal@sancharnet.in
Maharashtra
Dr. Arvind Tiwari
Reader, Department of Criminology and Correctional Administration
Tata Institute of Social Sciences. P.B. No. 8313, Deonar,
Sion-Trombay Road, Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400 088
Tel [O]: 022-25563290-96
E-mail: tiwari_a@tiss.edu
Mr.
George A. Vettikunnel, Research Officer
Inspectorate of Prisons, Central Building, Pune, Maharashtra - 411
001
Tel: 020-6138048 [O]
Nava Jivan Mandal
It is one of the oldest organisations in India that is working
towards the rehabilitation of prisoners and has retired police and
prison officials, reformed prisoners, social workers, etc. as it's
members
Contact: Mr. S.A. Ranade, Director
26 Shukrawar Peth, Bhaumaharaj Lane, Pune, Maharashtra - 411 002
Tel: 020-24481282
Prayas
It provides legal services to poor prisoners and helps in their
rehabilitation after released by providing them with technical
training and helping them to self-sustainable jobs. They post their
staff at police stations, court complexes to give help to people who
need it urgently. Their work extends to Observation home for
children, Special homes for delinquent juveniles and protective
homes for women. They also work for children of prisoners
Contact: Mr. S. Vijay Raghavan, Director
9/ 1, B.D.D. Chawls, Worli, Mumbai - 400 018
Tel: 022-24902285, 24947156 [O]
E-mail:
prayas1990@rediffmail.com
Rajasthan
Mr. R.K. Saxena, Retired Inspector General of Prisons [Rajasthan]
He was Director in the All India Committee on Jail Reforms,
popularly known as the Mulla Committee. Presently he is the Chairman
of the Rajasthan Prison Regulations Amendment Committee, Jaipur that
is entrusted with the job of drafting a new Prisons Act and Prisons
Manual for the state of Rajasthan
P - 27, Madhuwan West, Tonk Road, Jaipur, Rajasthan
Tel - 0141-2711725
Mr. Shyam Sunder Bissa, Superintendent, Jodhpur Central Jail,
Rajasthan
He is also a trained trainer in training prison officers in human
rights of prisoners
Tel: 0291-2513094, 2513382 [O]
Rajasthan Human Rights Commission
Contact: Mr. Justice Saghir Ahmed, Chairperson or Mr. B.L. Joshi,
member, SSO Building, Government Secretariat, Jaipur, Rajasthan -
302 005
Tel: 0141-2380107, 2380565 [O]
Fax: 2381738
Tamil Nadu
Regional Institute of Correctional Administration [RICA], Vellore
Among other things, it organises training courses for prison
officers from Southern India
Contact: Mr. RadhaKrishna Chetty, Director or Dr. Sumitra Sundar,
Assistant Director
Vellore, Tamil Nadu - 632 002
Tel: 0416-2222907, 2216507 [O]
Email: rica-vir@hotmail.com
Website:
http://www.rica.gov.in
Society for Educational and Economic
Development [SEED]
It has been working for the children of prisoners and helps them to
meet their parents in custody, provides them with market oriented
income generating skills and training, etc. It provides them with
hostel facilities where necessary
Contact: Mr. Ramaswami Palaniswamy, Director
Opposite to PWD Inspection Bungalow, Chennai Bangalore Highway,
Venkatrangam Pillai Chatiram, Sriperumbadur, Tamil Nadu - 602 105
Tel: 04111-2362322
Chhattisgarh
Dr. K.K.
Gupta, Superintendent, Raipur Central Jail, Chattisgarh
He is credited with initiating reforms in the Bilaspur Central jail
along with the then Commissioner of Bilaspur Division, Mr. Harsh
Mander. They had introduced the concept of Transparency in jail
administration and he was also instrumental in getting an NGO - 'Abhiyan'
to start classes for children of women prisoners outside the jail.
Tel: 0771-2526313 [O], 2529232 [R].
Chhattisgarh State Human Rights Commission
Contact : Shri K.A.Jacob, Acting Chairperson
Smt. Anita Jha, Deputy Secretary
Near Mantralaya, Raipur-492001
Tel(O):0771 2235592 Tel(R):0771 5052265
Fax : 0771 2235590
E-Mail :cghrcryp@sify.com
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