by Hill Harper
Toll-free (KS and MO residents only): (888) 317-8204
Fax: (785) 296-0304
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.doc.ks.gov
KENTUCKY
Correctional Education Division
State Department of Corrections
Health Services Building
275 East Main Street, PO Box 2400
Frankfort, KY 40602-2400
Phone: (502) 564-4795, extension 229
Fax: (502) 564-0572
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.corrections.ky.gov
LOUISIANA
Correctional Education Division
State Department of Public Safety and Corrections
PO Box 44314
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-4314
Phone: (225) 342-6633
Fax: (225) 342-5556
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
MAINE
Adult Correctional Education
State Department of Corrections
State House Station #111
Augusta, ME 04333-0111
Phone: (207) 287-4342
Fax: (207) 287-4370
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.state.me.us/corrections
MARYLAND
State Department of Education
200 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: (410) 767-0500
Fax: (410) 333-2254
E-mail: [email protected]
MASSACHUSETTS
Correctional Education Division
State Department of Corrections
PO Box 71, Hodder House
2 Merchant Road
Framingham, MA 01704
Phone: (508) 935-0901
Fax: (508) 935-0907
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.state.ma.us/doc
MICHIGAN
Correctional Education Division
State Department of Corrections
Prisoner Education Programs
5656 South Cedar Street, Suite 100
Lansing, MI 48911
Phone: (517) 335-1388
Fax: (517) 241-9717
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.michigan.gov/corrections
MINNESOTA
Correctional Education Division
State Department of Corrections
Facility Services Division—Education
1450 Energy Park Drive, Suite 200
St. Paul, MN 55108-5210
Phone: (651) 361-7244
Fax: (651) 603-0150
TTY: (651) 643-3589
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.doc.state.mn.us/org/facilityserv/education.htm
MISSISSIPPI
Correctional Education Division
State Department of Corrections
723 North President Street
Jackson, MS 39202
Phone: (601) 359-5304
Fax: (601) 359-6760
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Website: www.mdoc.state.ms.us
MISSOURI
Division of Offender Rehabilitative Services/Education
State Department of Corrections
1717 Industrial Drive
PO Box 236
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: (573) 526-6534
Fax: (573) 526-3009
TTY: (573) 751-5984
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
MONTANA
Correctional Education Division
State Department of Corrections
1539 11th Avenue
PO Box 201301
Helena, MT 59620-1301
Phone: (406) 444-3930
Fax: (406) 444-4920
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Website: www.cor.mt.gov
NEBRASKA
Correctional Education Division
State Department of Corrections
PO Box 94661
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 479-5723
Fax: (402) 479-5623
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
NEVADA
Education and Vocational Training
State Department of Corrections
Building 17
5500 Snyder Avenue
Carson City, NV 89701
Phone: (775) 887-3237
Fax: (775) 887-3253
E-mail: [email protected]
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Correctional Education Division
State Department of Corrections
Corrections Special School District
PO Box 14
Concord, NH 03302-0014
Phone: (603) 271-1855
Fax: (603) 271-0401
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Website: www.state.nh.us/nhdoc
NEW JERSEY
Office of Educational Services
State Department of Corrections
PO Box 863
Trenton, NJ 08625-0863
Phone: (609) 292-8054
Fax: (609) 777-4143
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
NEW MEXICO
Adult Correctional Education
State Corrections Department
Casa Nor Este Building
4101 Pan American Freeway NE
Albuquerque, NM 87107
Phone: (505) 841-4282
Fax: (505) 841-4267
E-mail: [email protected]
NEW YORK
Correctional Education Division
State Department of Correctional Services
Harriman State Campus, Building Two
1220 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12226-2050
Phone: (518) 457-8142
Fax: (518) 457-1914
E-mail: [email protected]
NORTH CAROLINA
Correctional Education Division
State Department of Correction
Division of Prisons
831 West Morgan Street, 4264 MSC
Raleigh, NC 27669-4264
Phone: (919) 838-3642
Fax: (919) 838-4764
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.doc.state.nc.us/DOP/education/index.htm
NORTH DAKOTA
Correctional Education Division
State Penitentiary, Adult Services Division
PO Box 5521
3100 Railroad Avenue
Bismarck, ND 58506-5521
Phone: (701) 328-6100
Fax: (701) 328-6640
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.nd.gov/docr
OHIO
Correctional Education Division
Ohio Central School System
PO Box 779
London, OH 43140
Phone: (740) 845-3240
Fax: (740) 845-3387
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.drc.state.oh.us/OCSS/OCSS_home.htm
OKLAHOMA
Correctional Education Division
State Department of Corrections
Suite 200
2901 North Classen
Oklahoma City, OK 73106
Phone: (405) 962-6106
Fax: (405) 962-6171
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.doc.state.ok.us
OREGON
Correctional Education Division
State Department of Corrections
Workforce Development Division
1793 13th Street, SE
Salem, OR 97302-2595
Phone: (503) 934-1003
Fax: (503) 378-5815
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.doc.state.or.us/DOC/TRANS/PROGMS/index.shtml
PENNSYLVANIA
Bureau of Correction Education
State Department of Corrections
Suite 103
75 Utley Drive
Camp Hill, PA 17011
Phone: (717) 731-7823
Fax: (717) 731-7830
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Website: www.cor.state.pa.us
PUERTO RICO
Correctional Education Division
State Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Call Box 71308
San Juan, PR 00936
Phone: (787) 273-6464 extension 2504
Fax: (787) 277-0695
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.ac.gobierno.pr
RHODE ISLAND
Correctional Education Division
State Department of Corrections
Educational Services, Bernadette Building
15 Fleming Road
Cranston, RI 02920
Phone: (401) 462-2507
Fax: (401) 462-2509
TTY: (401) 462-5180
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Website: www.doc.ri.gov/rehabilitative/educational/index.php
SOUTH CAROLINA
Correctional Education Division
SC Department of Corrections
Palmetto Unified School District
4444 Broad River Road
Columbia, SC 29210
Phone: (803) 896-1583
Fax: (803) 896-1513
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Website: www.doc.sc.gov/pubweb/education/pusd.jsp
SOUTH DAKOTA
Correctional Education Division
State Department of Corrections
4904 Quail Run
Sioux Falls, SD 57108
Phone: (605) 773-3478
Fax: (605) 334-3807
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Website: www.state.sd.us/corrections/corrections.html
TENNESSEE
Correctional Education Division
State Department of Corrections
Rachel Jackson Building, Fifth Floor
320 Sixth Avenue, North
Nashville, TN 37243-0465
Phone: (615) 741-1000 extension 8176
Fax: (615) 741-1055
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.state.tn.us/correction
TEXAS
Correctional Education Division
State Department of Criminal Justice
Windham School District, Institutional Division
PO Box 40
Huntsville, TX 77342-0040
Phone: (936) 291-5307
Fax: (936) 436-4031
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Website: www.wsdtx.org
UTAH
Correctional Education Division
State Office of Education
250 East 500 South
PO Box 144200
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4200
Phone: (801) 538-7989
Fax: (801) 538-7868
E-mail: [email protected]
VERMONT
Correctional Education Division
Community High School of Vermont
Workforce Development Partnership
103 South Main Street
Waterbury, VT 05671-1001
Phone: (802) 241-2273
Fax: (802) 241-2377
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Website: www.chsvt.org/wdp.html
VIRGINIA
Virginia Department of Correctional Education
James Monroe Building
Seventh Floor
101 North 14th Street
Richmond, VA 23219-3678
Phone: (804) 225-3314
Fax: (804) 786-7642
E-mail: [email protected]
WASHINGTON
Correctional Education Division
State Department of Corrections
Educational Services Unit
7345 Linderson Way, MS-41129
Tumwater, WA 98501
Phone: (360) 725-8211
Fax: (360) 586-7273
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.doc.wa.gov
WEST VIRGINIA
Office of Institutional Education Programs
State Department of Education
Building Six, Room 728
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Charleston, WV 25305-0330
Phone: (304) 558-8833
Fax: (304) 558-5042
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Website: wvde.state.wv.us/institutional/
WISCONSIN
Correctional Education Division
State Department of Corrections, Office of Program Services Education
PO Box 7925
3099 East Washington Avenue
Madison, WI 53707-7925
Phone: (608) 240-5000
Fax: (608) 240-3310
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Website: doc.wi.gov/Home
WYOMING
Correctional Education Division
State Department of Corrections
Suite 100
1934 Wyott Drive
Cheyenne, WY 82002
Phone: (307) 777-6104
Fax: (307) 777-7846
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: doc.state.wy.us/services/education.html
APPENDIX
Educational Opportunities for the Incarcerated
NATIONAL
National Directory of Postsecondary Educational Programs in Prisons, Prison Studies Project
www.prisonstudiesproject.org
The Prison Scholar Fund website contains a map showing postsecondary educational programs inside prisons, state by state: http://www.facebook.com/PrisonScholarFund. You can also write to:
The Prison Scholar Fund
23517 Orville Road
East Orting, WA 98360
Prisoners Guerrilla Handbook to Correspondence Programs in the United States and Canada, 3rd Edition by Jon Marc Taylor and Susan Schwartzkopf, 221 pages.
For information about the following list of higher education projects in prison, download the PDF booklet at www.universitybeyondbars.org or write to:
University Beyond Bars
PO Box 1267
Poulsbo, WA 98370
HIGHER EDUCATION PROJECTS
1.Prison Arts + Education Project
2.Bard Prison Initiative at Eastern Correctional Facility
3.Changing Lives Through Literature in Dorchester, Massachusetts
4.Georgetown’s Prison Outreach Program
5.Hudson Link at Sing Sing Correctional Facility
6.Lipscomb Initiative for Education at Tennessee Prison for Women
7.Marymount Manhattan College at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility
9.Ohio University College Program for the Incarcerated
10.Pathways Program for Incarcerated Students at St. Cloud State University
11.Prison Creative Arts Project
12.Prison Studies Project
13.Prisoners Education Network
14.Prison University Project at San Quentin State Prison
15.Purdue University North Central; Rising Hope
16.University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Friday Center for Continuing Education with North Carolina Department for Corrections
17.Wesleyan Center for Prison Education.
HOW TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT EDUCATION IN PRISON FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Office of Correctional Education
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
MES 4527
Washington, DC 20202-7242
For more information, including legal help for the incarcerated, help for families of the incarcerated, avoiding recidivism, and much more, please visit www .incarceratedbrother.com or www.mydf.org.
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Bahando: The cops.
Bid: Your sentence.
Bird: A woman or a kilo of cocaine.
Bitch: This is a huge no-no in prison. If someone calls you a bitch and you don’t fight him, everybody feels like you were directly called out and you caught that pussy.
Booty bandit: A male rapist.
Bowling alley: The main walkway of a prison.
Boy: Heroin.
Bubble, the: The area in the center of the cell block encased in impenetrable glass where the COs all hang out and keep watch. Also known as the sally port.
Can: A can of tobacco.
Catch the door: Let’s fight.
Chicken dinner: A ghetto female.
Clink, the: A name for prison. Also known as the farm, the joint, the pen, and the ranch.
CO: Correctional officer.
Commissary: The store where you can buy stamps, hygiene, writing instruments, soups, sodas, and chips and other snacks. Usually situated in places not easy to get to. Most prisoners don’t have money sent from their people in the world so they can only use their prison job wages and have to hustle to survive.
Count time: When the whole farm freezes and everyone is counted, typically about five times a day.
Dance floor: Visit area. Also called the club, the stage, or visitation.
Dipdip: A thief or liar.
Dog food: heroin; dope; diesel.
Fishing pole: A device made of tightly bound and spun plastic that inmates use to pass items from cell to cell during a lockdown. One inmate will toss an item out into the dayroom, such as a cigarette, a ramen/soup, or a stamped envelope and another inmate from under the door in his cell will shoot out the line with a lure such as a pen or hard object to try and grab ahold of the item to pull back in his cell. This is called fishing.
