THE DIRECTORY OPENS WITH ALPHABETICAL AND STATE LISTINGS OF STATE-BASED ORGANIZATIONS. EACH DESCRIPTION INCLUDES THE ORGANIZATION'S NAME, ADDRESS, TELEPHONE NUMBER, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES, PUBLICATIONS, AND ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION. LISTS OF PERIODICALS COVERING PRISON ISSUES AND OF PRISON AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE LITERATURE ARE ALSO PROVIDED. CUMULATIVE LISTINGS ARE PRESENTED OF LEGAL GROUPS THAT ENGAGE IN LITIGATION ON BEHALF OF PRISONERS, NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS CONCERNED WITH PRISON ISSUES, AND SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS. INCLUDED IN THE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP LISTING ARE THE FOLLOWING HEADINGS: ANTIREPRESSION, BAR ASSOCIATION PRISON REFORM COMMITTEES, MINORITY GROUPS, COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS, CORRECTIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, COURT MONITORING PROJECTS, DEATH PENALTY, DEFENSE COMMITTEES AND FUNDS, EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS OF EX-PRISONERS, EX-CONVICTS, GAY RIGHTS, HEALTH CARE, INFORMATION CENTERS, JAIL IMPROVEMENT, JUVENILE PROGRAMS, LIBRARIES, MEDICAL EXPERIMENTATION, MORATORIUM ON PRISON CONSTRUCTION, MOTHERS IN PRISON, POLITICAL PRISONERS, PRESS, PRETRIAL JUSTICE, PRISON COALITIONS, PRISONER GROUPS, PROSTITUTES' RIGHTS, PSYCHOLOGY, RAPE, RELIGIOUS GROUPS, RESEARCH CENTERS, UNIONS, VETERANS' RIGHTS, WAR RESISTERS, AND WOMEN'S GROUPS.