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Resources for Professionals in Corrections

Ways for professionals to access Info Line's wealth of information:

  • The Directory of Social Services for Middlesex County is an on-line searchable human resource directory especially helpful to professionals in the field of Corrections (Prison staff, Parole officer, Police officers and community based caseworkers). Here the visitor will find the entire Info Line database of over 1,300 services for Middlesex County residents at the fingertips of the professional. To supplement this resource, Info Line of Middlesex County provides personal staff assistance through their toll-free hotline, 1-888-908-4636. Trained staff answer personal requests for assistance in locating community services. Email requests for assistance are also accepted at: help@info-line.org
  • Join the Corrections Professional's list serv Share in this network of email exchanges designed to support the mutual work and challenges of the Corrections professional.

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  1. To explore issues facing professionals in the corrections field (Prison staff, discharge workers, parole/probation officers, police officers,etc) through a network of support;
  2. To discuss and share ideas, strategies and resources for addressing these issues;
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Other Helpful Links to Organizations

NJ Department of Corrections
http://www.state.nj.us/corrections/aboutus.html

NJ State Parole Board
http://www.state.nj.us/parole

American Corrections Association
http://www.aca.org/development/training.htm

MidAtlantic States Correctional Association
http://www.corrections.com/masca/

National Institute of Corrections, US Department of Justice
NIC provides training, technical assistance, information services, and policy/program development assistance to Federal, State, and local corrections agencies. This site has gobs and gobs of great information that can be downloaded or mailed to your doorstep all for free. Don't be fooled by it's administrative title, there's plenty her for the direct line staff. http://www.nicic.org

Family and Corrections Network
Family and Corrections Network is for and about families of prisoners. We offer information, training and technical assistance on children of prisoners, parenting programs for prisoners, prison visiting, incarcerated fathers and mothers, hospitality programs, keeping in touch, returning to the community, the impact of the justice system on families, and prison marriage. http://www.fcnetwork.org

Directory of Programs Available for Addiction Services
This is a comprehensive directory of all addiction treatment services in the state of NJ, compiled by the NJ Division on Addiction Services. They also produce a printed version. http://www.state.nj.us/health/as/directory

NJ Association on Corrections
A non-profit, state-wide organization providing community services to ex-offenders as well as outreach to those incarcerated. http://community.nj.com/cc/njac


Catholic Community Service of Newark
Provides social services to residents of the state's northeastern counties of Bergen, Essex, Hudson, and Union.
They also have a special prison ministry program. Check out their web-site directory of services.
http://www.ccsnewark.org/search.htm
http://www.ccsnewark.org/oprismin.htm (Prison Ministry)