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Explore specialized resources and services for clients and their families navigating legal challenges as indigent defendants.
CDCR Resources
- Information about visiting an incarcerated friend or family member.
- CDCR contacts, protocols and inmate related initiatives. With links to other services and information.
- Resources to help parolees adjusting to life outside of prison.
- Office of the CDCR Ombudsman is an independent intermediary to help address some complaints or resolve certain issue.
- California Correctional Health Care Services in the CDCR
Prisoner & Parole Resources
- UnCommon Law – Parole Preparation Resources
- Ella Baker Center
- Back to Court Resentencing Guide
- The Prison Law Office is a nonprofit public interest law firm advocating for “fair and humane treatment” those incarcerated in jail, prison, juvenile facilities or on parole.
- The Prison Law Office’s, The California Prison and Parole Law Handbook, is a comprehensive overview of laws and policies affecting those incarcerated or on parole in California. The Handbook includes information incarcerated people can use to protect their rights.
- Reentry support for inmates and their families.
- The California Reentry Planning Toolkit
- Tribal Reentry Advocacy Guide
- Other reentry resources
- Legal Services for Prisoner’s with Children provides information manuals and reports relevant to prisoners and their families.