Prisons & Prisoners
- Agencies & Organizations
- Federal Bureau of Prisons/National Institute of Corrections Institutions & Offices
- Law Libraries Serving Prisoners (AALL)
- National Institute of Corrections (U.S. Dept. of Justice)
- National Resource Center on Children and Families of the Incarcerated
Provides information for & about families of prisoners. - WI Dept. of Corrections
- Compassionate or Emergency Release
- Compassionate Release/Reduction in Sentence: Procedures for Implementation of 18 U.S.C. ยงยง 3582 and 4205(g) (US Dept. of Justice)
- Emergency Release of Prisoners Due to COVID-19 (WI Legislative Reference Bureau)
- Federal Prisoners and COVID-19: Background and Authorities to Grant Release (Congressional Research Service)
- Federal laws (National Assoc. of Criminal Defense Lawyers)
- Prisoner Directories
- WI Correctional Institutions (WI Dept. of Corrections)
- WI Offender Locater (WI Dept. of Corrections)
- Vinelink
Locate inmates in all 50 states - BOP Inmate Locater (Federal Bureau of Prisons)
Covers all federal inmates from 1982 to present - Inmate Locater (Federal
Bureau of Prisons)
Provides information about visiting inmates, inmate locater information & selected inmate-related policies. - Directory of Programs Serving Children & Families of the Incarcerated (Rutgers University)
- Guides from Wisconsin Counties (WI State Law Library)
Includes Huber / work release, inmate rules, special programs. - Guidebook for Incarcerated Veterans in Wisconsin (WI Dept. of Veterans Affairs)
- Jailhouse Lawyer's Handbook: how to bring a Federal lawsuit to challenge violations of your rights in prison (Center for Constitutional Rights and the National Lawyers Guild)
- Forms
- Pro Se forms (US Western District of Wisconsin Court)
Forms for filing a civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. s. 1983, habeas corpus, vacating, modifying or correcting a sentence for a person in federal custody
- Pro Se forms (US Western District of Wisconsin Court)
- Statistics
- Corrections (U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics)
Statistics on the prisoner population. - Prison and Correctional Institution Statistics (WI Dept. of Corrections)
- Corrections (U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics)
The Law (Additional statutes, regulations & opinions may apply to your specific situation.)
- WI Statutes: ch. 301-304 "Corrections"
- WI Admin. Code: DOC 302-399 "Dept. of Corrections"
- U.S. Code: Title 18, pt. 3 "Prisons and Prisoners"
Search for more statutes, regulations & opinions.
County Resources
Recommended links from our County Resources database:
Guides
- Bail bonds (Racine Court)
Brief explanation of cash bond, signature bond, and co-signature bond. - Initial appearances (Dane District Attorney)
Information for recent arrestees, inmates, and contacting probation or parole agents. - Racine County Inmate Search (Racine Sheriff)
- Vinelink Inmate Locator (Dane Sheriff's Dept.)
- Vinelink Inmate Locator (Outagamie Sheriff's Department)
- Who's in Jail? (LaCrosse Sheriff's Dept.)
Jail inmate locator service for La Crosse County
- Bail bonds (Racine Court)
Related Topics
Library Resources
- Civil consequences of conviction: the impact of criminal records under Wisconsin law
- Constitutional Rights of Prisoners
- Going to Prison?
- Prison Resources
- Prisoners Resources
- Prisons Resources
- Rights of Prisoners