Links to state department of corrections agencies and other criminal justice agencies.

Prison related sites.

The Detention Watch Network (DWN) is the only national coalition in the United States that addresses the detention crisis head-on and helps detainees and their loved ones make their voices heard.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons was established in 1930 to provide more progressive and humane care for Federal inmates.

The National Institute of Corrections is a center of learning, innovation and leadership that shapes and advances effective correctional practice and public policy.

The American Correctional Association (ACA), formerly known as the American Prison Association, is the oldest and largest international correctional association in the world.

Since 1981, the American Jail Association has been the only national, nonprofit association dedicated exclusively to supporting those who work in and operate our Nation's 3,200-plus jail facilities by offering high quality training and education.

PSIRU was set up in 1998 to carry out empirical research into privatisation, public services, and globalisation.

Launched in March 2007, Texas Prison Bid'ness is posting information about the growing prison-for-profit industry in Texas.

News, reports and resources on correctional privatization from all over the world.

Avalon Correctional Services, Inc. is a leading developer and manager of private community correctional facilities and alternative correctional programming in the United States.

Community Education Centers, Inc. (CEC) is a leading provider of reentry treatment and education services for adult correctional populations throughout the United States.

The company – the first of its kind – was founded in 1983.

The “Dominion Group of Companies” is the informal identity of a number of companies founded and owned by Calvin Burgess of Guthrie, Oklahoma.

The Emerald Companies is dedicated to providing the latest solutions in the criminal justice industry.

The GEO Group is a world leader in the delivery of private correctional and detention management, community residential re-entry services as well as behavioral and mental health services to federal, state and local government agencies.

LaSalle Corrections is an established developer and operator of correctional centers throughout the State of Louisiana and Texas. The Texas corporate office operates out of a home owned by one of its management team executives.

LCS Corrections Services, Inc. is a privately held company with private corrections as its sole focus.

Founded in 1981, Management & Training Corporation (MTC) is a privately- held company headquartered in Centerville, Utah.