The following outside sources of information are included as a service to our readers. We know the issue of criminal justice covers a large area of interests. We welcome your suggestions of additions to these lists. Happy reading!
Concerning Christian Science
- https://www.christianscience.com — main website for the Christian Science church
- https://www.csmonitor.com — award-winning international newspaper
- https://jsh.christianscience.com — articles from the Christian Science periodicals
- https://www.christianscience.com/additional-resources/churches-societies-and-groups/prison-and-institutional-work — national Christian Science prison ministry link
Selected Federal, California and local governmental websites regarding incarceration and prisoner locators
- https://www.bop.gov — main website for federal prisons
- https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ — federal prisoner locator
- https://www.cdcr.ca.gov — main website for California prisons
- https://inmatelocator.cdcr.ca.gov — California prisoner locator
- http://www.sfsheriff.com — San Francisco County Sheriff
- http://apps.sfgov.org/InmateInfo/ — San Francisco County prisoner locator
- http://shq.lasdnews.net/pages/PageDetail.aspx?id=1716 — Los Angeles County Sheriff
- https://app5.lasd.org/iic/ajis_search.cfm — Los Angeles County prisoner locator
- https://www.ocsd.org/divisions/custody/jails — Orange County Sheriff
- http://ws.ocsd.org/Whoisinjail/Search.aspx — Orange County prisoner locator
- https://www.sdsheriff.net/jailinfo.html — San Diego County Sheriff
- https://apps.sdsheriff.net/wij/wij.aspx — San Diego County prisoner locator
- https://www.sacsheriff.com — Sacramento County Sheriff
- https://www.sacsheriff.com/inmate_information/ — Sacramento County prisoner locator
Help websites for current and former inmates
- https://embracedfully.org/ — A sponsored program of The Principle Foundation, building Angel Teams to help returning community members succeed
- http://www.insightprisonproject.org/resources.html — Insight Prison Project (list of multiple resources for former inmates)
- https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/rehabilitation/ — CDCR’s Division of Rehabilitation
- http://ca-reentry.org — California Reentry Program
- https://www.centerforce.ngo — Centerforce
- http://www.friendsoutside.org — Friends Outside
- https://www.sacsheriff.com/Pages/Organization/RCCC/ReEntry.aspx — Sacramento County
- http://www.delanceystreetfoundation.org — Delancey Street Foundation
- https://www.prisonfellowship.org — Prison Fellowship
- https://www.bankrate.com/insurance/homeowners-insurance/secure-housing-after-incarceration/ — Securing Housing after Incarceration
- https://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/5-steps-rebuild-credit-after-prison/ — Guide to repairing credit
News and Views on Incarceration Issues and Policy
- https://centerforprisonreform.org/prison-reform-organizations/ — Center for Prison Reform
- https://www.prisonpolicy.org — Prison Policy Initiative
- https://www.ppic.org/topics/corrections/ — Public Policy Institute of California
- https://www.prisonfellowship.org — Prison Fellowship
- https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/justice-and-prison-reform/prison-reform-and-alternatives-to-imprisonment.html — United Nations Office and Drugs and Crime
- https://www.charleskochinstitute.org/issue-areas/criminal-justice-policing-reform/why-prison-reform-matters/ — Charles Koch Institute
- https://www.rand.org/topics/prison-reform.html — Rand Research
- https://www.themarshallproject.org/records/52-prison-reform — The Marshall Project
- http://www.rootandrebound.org — Root and Rebound
Books
Books for Spiritual uplift
- Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy
- The Greatest Thing in the World by Henry Drummond
- Your God is Too Small by J.B. Phillips
- Spiritual Healing in a Scientific Age by Robert Peal
Books about Personal Incarceration Experiences
- A Saint on Death Row by Thomas Cahill
- Always Running by Luis J Rodriguez
- The Boy Who Carried Bricks by Alton Carter
- Death Row Chaplain by Earl Smith and Mark Schlabach
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- Last Chance in Texas by John Hubner
- Tattoos on the Heart by Gregory Boyle
- Reformed: How a Life Sentence Became My Saving Grace by Jojo Godinez & Amanda Warner
Books from Different Points of View about Incarceration Policy and Related Social Issues
- The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
- Discrimination and Disparities by Thomas Sowell
- Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice that Restores by Dominique Gilliard
- The War on Cops by Heather MacDonald
- Good Punishment? Christian Moral Practice and U.S. Imprisonment by James Samuel Logan
- Race & Economics: How Much can be Blamed on Discrimination? by Walter E. Williams
NOTE: We reserve the right to add or delete entries from these lists for any reason. The publisher of this website accepts no responsibility for the content and information provided by these outside sources. Any views expressed in these links and books are not necessarily those of the Christian Science Committee on Institutional Work in California, Inc.”
