Services
Direct Advocacy
We work directly with incarcerated clients and their families to advocate for individual needs. These services include but are not limited to: healthcare, basic needs, disability rights, assist with guidance through the process and policies within the facility and systemically, access to visitation/phone calls/property etc.
Administrative Advocacy
We work with local and state Correctional Administration to advocate for the rights of incarcerated individuals and improvement to conditions of confinement systemically.
Public Awareness Projects
We work to promote public awareness on issues of conditions of confinement through multiple projects reaching statewide. These include public forums at Universities in Maryland, our podcast, filming projects and more.
Public policy/Education
The MPRC works with our state elected officials to educate them on the issues being faced by the incarcerated population and offers expert testimony and guidance on the needs of this population.
Legal Services
We work with incarcerated individuals and their families to educate them about their rights, understanding the grievance process, and referrals to appropriate legal representation. As well, we consultatively assist with litigation involving rights violations.
DIRECTORS/ADVOCACY PARTNERS
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Maryland
Disability Rights Maryland (DRM) Interfaith Action for Human Rights (IAHR)
Johns Hopkins Incarceration and Health Justice Collective
Justice and Recovery Advocates Inc. (JRA)
Reproductive Justice Inside Coalition
Maryland Catholic Conference
Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform (MAJR)
Mental Health Association of MD
NAACP Maryland
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Maryland
National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) MD
Social Workers Against Solitary Confinement (SWASC)