Allied Organizations and Related Sites

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The Open Society Institute (OSI)
The Open Society Institute is part of the Soros foundations network. The goal of the Soros foundations network is to transform closed societies into open, democratic ones and to protect the values of existing open societies. The OSI Criminal Justice Initiative supports work to reduce the excessive reliance on punishment and incarceration in the United States, and to promote fair and equal treatment in all aspects of the U.S. criminal justice system. http://www.soros.org/

The Public Eye (Political Research Associates)
Political Research Associates is a research institute that studies authoritarian and repressive institutions and trends worldwide. The Public Eye is their website with research, information, and links for activists, educators and others. http://www.publiceye.org/

The National Priorities Project (NPP)
NPP focuses on the impacts of federal tax and spending policies at the community level. NPP works to translate policy information into everyday language in order to assist national and grassroots groups in their efforts to improve schools, create living wage jobs, provide affordable housing, and develop alternatives to excessive spending on the military and prisons. http://www.nationalpriorities.org/

Center for Popular Economics
CPE is a non-profit organization that teaches economic literacy to activists for progressive social change. CPE creates and communicates economic theories that challenge systems of oppression based on class, race, gender and nation. http://www.populareconomics.org/

Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP)
The Prison Creative Arts Project of the University of Michigan is committed to supporting the production of original work in the arts in Michigan Correctional Facilities. PCAP's purpose is to enhance creative opportunities for inmates. http://www.lsa.umich.edu/english/pcap/

Postcardsfromprison.com
A collection of images of prisons and prisoners. The goal of postcardsfromprisons.com is to raise awareness of the uses society makes of imprisonment and punishment by using a variety of images. http://www.postcardsfromprison.com

Herman Krieger Photos
This site includes a wide assortment of photographs by Herman Krieger, including images of prisons throughout the United States. http://www.efn.org/~hkrieger/prison.htm

Art Behind Bars
The Art Behind Bars website features work by inmates who have participated in the organization's art programs. http://www.artbehindbars.org/

JEHT (Justice, Equality, Human dignity, and Tolerance) Foundation
One funding priority of the foundation focuses on ameliorating the impact that crime and the criminal justice system has on low-income, marginalized communities. http://www.jehtfoundation.org

Zen Karmics
Zen Karmics is designed to impart useful instruction in meditative practice for prisoners in a culturally relevant manner, accessible to those who might be poorly educated or illiterate. The illustration to the right is a panel from a Zen Karmics installment. We are grateful to Duncan Eagleson for his art work in Zen Karmics. http://www.engaged-zen.org/Zen%20Karmics/

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