General Resources
» Department of Corrections Sites
- Alabama
http://www.doc.state.al.us/ - Alaska
http://www.correct.state.ak.us/ - Arizona
http://www.azcorrections.gov/ - Arkansas
http://www.adc.arkansas.gov/ - California
http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/ - Colorado
http://www.doc.state.co.us/ - Connecticut
http://www.ct.gov/doc/site/default.asp - Delaware
http://doc.delaware.gov/ - District of Columbia
http://doc.dc.gov/doc/site/default.asp - Florida
http://www.dc.state.fl.us/index.html - Georgia
http://www.dcor.state.ga.us/ - Hawaii
http://hawaii.gov/psd - Idaho
http://www.corr.state.id.us/ - Illinois
http://www.idoc.state.il.us/ - Indiana
http://www.in.gov/idoc/ - Iowa
http://www.doc.state.ia.us/ - Kansas
http://www.dc.state.ks.us/ - Kentucky
http://www.corrections.ky.gov/ - Louisiana
http://www.corrections.state.la.us/ - Maine
http://www.state.me.us/corrections/ - Maryland
http://www.dpscs.state.md.us/ - Massachusetts
http://mass.gov/doc - Michigan
http://www.michigan.gov/corrections - Minnesota
http://www.doc.state.mn.us/ - Mississippi
http://www.mdoc.state.ms.us/ - Missouri
http://www.doc.mo.gov/ - Montana
http://www.cor.mt.gov/default.mcpx - Nebraska
http://www.corrections.state.ne.us/ - Nevada
http://www.doc.nv.gov/ - New Hampshire
http://www.nh.gov/nhdoc/ - New Jersey
http://www.state.nj.us/corrections/ - New Mexico
http://corrections.state.nm.us/ - New York
http://www.docs.state.ny.us/ - North Carolina
http://www.doc.state.nc.us/ - North Dakota
http://www.nd.gov/docr/ - Ohio
http://www.drc.ohio.gov/ - Oklahoma
http://www.doc.state.ok.us/ - Oregon
http://www.doc.state.or.us/ - Pennsylvania
http://www.cor.state.pa.us/ - Rhode Island
http://www.doc.ri.gov/index.php - South Carolina
http://www.doc.sc.gov/ - South Dakota
http://doc.sd.gov/ - Tennessee
http://www.state.tn.us/correction/ - Texas
http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/ - Utah
http://corrections.utah.gov/ - Vermont
http://www.doc.state.vt.us/ - Virginia
http://www.vadoc.state.va.us/ - Washington
http://www.doc.wa.gov/ - West Virginia
http://www.wvdoc.com/wvdoc/ - Wisconsin
http://www.wi-doc.com/ - Wyoming
http://doc.state.wy.us/
» State Crime Rankings 2011
- Percent of Adults on Parole Traced by Global Positioning Systems in 2009
- Adults on State Parole in 2009
- Percent Change in Number of State Prisoners: 2008 to 2009
- Prisoners in State Correctional Institutions: Year End 2009
- Death Rate of State Prisoners in 2007
- Prisoners under Sentence of Death as of January 1, 2010 (NAACP)
- Black Prisoners under Sentence of Death in 2009
- Female Prisoners under Sentence of Death in 2009
- Hispanic Prisoners under Sentence of Death in 2009
- Male Prisoners under Sentence of Death in 2009
- Percent of Prisoners under Sentence of Death Who Are White: 2009
- Female State Prisoner Imprisonment Rate in 2009
- Female Prisoners in State Correctional Institutions in 2009
- Female Prisoners in State Correctional Institutions as a Percent of All State Prisoners in 2009
- State Prisoners Known to Be Positive for HIV Infection/AIDS in 2008
- State Prisoner Imprisonment Rate in 2009
- Male Prisoners in State Correctional Institutions in 2009
- Offenders in State Sex Offender Registries in 2010
- Correctional Officers and Jailers in 2009
- Percent of Parolees Returned to Incarceration in 2009
- Percent Change in State Prisoner Imprisonment Rate: 2008 to 2009
- Percent Change in Female State Prisoner Population: 2008 to 2009
- Percent of Adults on Parole Traced by Global Positioning Systems in 2009
- Percent of Adults on Probation Traced by Global Positioning Systems in 2009
- Prisoners Executed: 1930 to 2009
- Prisoners Executed: 1977 to 2009
- Prisoners Executed in 2010
- Prisoners in State Correctional Institutions: Year End 2009
- Rate of Adults on State Parole in 2009
- Rate of Adults under State Community Supervision in 2009
- Rate of Adults on State Probation in 2009
- Rate of Correctional Officers and Jailers in 2009
- Rate of Allegations of Sexual Violence in State Prisons: 2006
- State and Local Government Employees in Corrections in 2009
- State and Local Government Employees in Corrections as a Percent of All State and Local Government Employees in 2009
- Adults under State Community Supervision in 2009
- Adults on State Probation in 2009
- Percent of State Prisoners Held in Local Jails in 2009
» Web Resources
- American Bar Association
www.abanet.org - American Civil Liberties Union
www.aclu.org - American Correctional Association
www.aca.org - American Friends Service Committee (a Quaker organization interested in correctional reform)
www.afsc.org - American Jail Association
www.aja.org - American Probation and Parole Association
www.appa-net.org - The American Society of Criminology
http://asc41.com/ - Bureau of Justice Statistics (information available on all manner of criminal justice topics)
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs - Center for Sex Offender Management
www.csom.org - Death Penalty Information Center
www.deathpenaltyinfo.org - Families Against Mandatory Minimums
http://www.famm.org/ - International Association of Correctional Training Personnel
http://www.iactp.org/ - International Corrections and Prisons Association
http://www.icpa.ca/ - Journal of Prisoners on Prisons
http://www.jpp.org/index.html - National Center for State Courts
www.ncsconline.org - The National Council on Crime and Delinquency
http://www.nccd-crc.org/nccd/n_index_main.html - National Criminal Justice Reference Service
www.ncjrs.gov - National Institute of Corrections
www.nicic.org - National Institute of Mental Health
www.nimh.nih.gov - National Institute on Drug Abuse
www.drugabuse.gov - Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/ - Pew Charitable Trust (Corrections and Public Safety)
www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_category.aspx?id=72 - United States Parole Commission
http://www.usdoj.gov/uspc/ - Vera Institute of Justice (information available on a number of corrections and other justice related topics)
www.vera.org
» Career Resources
- http://www.corrections.com/links
Career Center for Corrections - http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos156.htm
US Department of Labor Occupational Outlook Handbook; includes entries for Correctional Officers and related occupations. - http://www.bop.gov/jobs/index.jsp
Federal Bureau of Prisons jobs index