American Civil Liberties Union of North Dakota
PO Box 1190
Fargo, ND 58107
Phone: 701-478-9924
Fax: 701-478-9925
Email: northdakota@aclu.org
www.aclund.org
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The ACLU of ND, a national chapter of the ACLU, is a non-partisan organization dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of civil liberties and civil rights.The ACLU of North Dakota especially works with those groups who have not had their full constitutional protections granted to them such as racial minorities, Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgendered people and other groups who have not yet realized their full rights under the Bill of Rights.
Innocence Project of Minnesota 1536 Hewitt Avenue St. Paul, MN 55104 Phone (651) 523-3152 Fax: (651) 523-2967 Email: eapplebaum@ipmn.org Website: www.ipmn.org/
- Actual innocence claims, with a lengthy prison term remaining. Cases involving DNA and other scientific evidence, as well as others in which credible evidence of innocence exists.
FIRSTLINK (NORTH DAKOTA) P.O. Box 447
Fargo, ND 58107 Phone: (701) 235-7335 Alternate: (800) 543-7709 Contact: Call 2-1-1 from service area Email: info@myfirstlink.org Website: http://www.myfirstlink.org/211.shtml
- 24 hr/7 days, 2-1-1 information and referral service for Cass County in North Dakota and Clay County in Minnesota.
Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative Grants
North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Division of Field Services Phone: (701) 328-6661 Contact: Penny Blotsky
- The North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation will target offenders ages 18-35 who are released to Cass County, which includes the cities of Fargo and West Fargo. Through the Reentry Project, the department's Division of Field Services will partner with various service agencies to address the challenges of recidivism, substance abuse, and physical and mental health issues and to support workforce participation, housing, and faith-based issues. For more information, read this grantee'swork plan: http://www.reentry.gov/sar/pdf/wp1_nd.pdf.
North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Division of Juvenile Services Phone: (701) 667-1405 Contact: Pamela Helbling
- The North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Services, will target approximately 25 juvenile offenders annually who are released to the Bismarck/Mandan and Devils Lake communities. Through the Juvenile Reentry Project, the Division of Juvenile Services will partner with various service agencies to address the challenges of recidivism, substance abuse, and physical and mental health issues and to support workforce participation, housing, and faith-based issues.
North Dakota Department of Labor
600 East Boulevard Avenue, Deptartment 406
Bismarck, ND 58505
Phone: (701) 328-2660
Fax: (701) 328-2031
Website: www.nd.gov/labor/
- Of interest to individuals with criminal histories who are looking for assistance in finding employment.
Federal Bonding Program North Dakota Job Service
P.O. Box 5507
Bismarck, ND 58506
Phone: (701) 328-2863
Fax: (701) 328-4894
- The Federal Bonding Program provides fidelity bonding insurance coverage to individuals with criminal histories and other high-risk job applicants who are qualified, but fail to get jobs because regular commercial bonding is denied due to their backgrounds.
Criminal Record Repository North Dakota Office of Attorney General
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
P.O. Box 1054
Bismarck, ND 58502
Phone: (701) 328-5500
Fax: (701) 328-5510
Email: bciinfo@state.nd.us
Website: http://www.ag.nd.gov/BCI/CHR/CHR.html
- This is the agency individuals may contact to obtain a copy of their state rap sheet and learn about the process of sealing, expunging or cleaning it up. The criminal record repository can also tell the individual who else is legally entitled to have access to his or her record.
Rough Rider Industries North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
3303 East Main Avenue
Bismarck, ND 58506
Phone: (701) 328-6161
Fax: (701) 328-6164
Website: www.roughriderindustries.com
- Rough Rider Industries has five manufacturing operations in the North Dakota prison system. They include a furniture and upholstery factory, sign shop, license plate shop, metal factory and a cut and sew industry.
Pre-Release Program
North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
3303 East Main Avenue
Bismarck, ND 58506
Phone: (701) 328-9687
Website: www.state.nd.us/Prisons/pre-release_program.htm
- The pre-release program is a comprehensive approach to teaching basic life skills available to inmates within one year of release.
Post Release Transitional Program North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
3100 Railroad Avenue
Bismarck, ND 58502
Phone: (701) 328-6390
Fax: (701) 328-6651
Website: www.state.nd.us/docr/
- The North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's Division of Field Services contracts with private providers for halfway house services. Halfway houses are utilized in two ways. The halfway houses provide services such as aid in job seeking, referrals to community-based services such as vocational rehabilitation, housing, substance abuse treatment, living skills, and cognitive restructuring.
North Dakota Division of Field Services
3303 East Main Avenue
Bismarck, ND 58502
Phone: (701) 328-6190
Fax: (701) 328-6186
Website: www.state.nd.us/docr/
State Bar Association of North Dakota
515 1/2 East Broadway, Suite 101
Bismarck, ND 58501
Phone: (701) 255-1404
Website: www.sband.org
Job Service North Dakota
P.O. Box 5507
Bismarck, ND 58506
Phone: (701) 328-2868
Fax: (701) 328-413
Website: www.jobsnd.com
North Dakota Department of Human Services
600 East Boulevard Avenue, Deptartment 325
Bismarck N.D. 58505-0250
Phone: (701) 328-2310
Toll Free: (800) 472-2622
TTY: (701) 328-3480
Fax: (701) 328-2359
Email: dhseo@nd.gov Website: http://www.nd.gov/dhs/
- The North Dakota Department of Human Services' mission is to provide quality, efficient and effective human services, which improve the lives of people.
Legal Services of North Dakota, Inc.
1025 Third Street North
P.O. Box 1893
Bismarck, ND 58502-1893
Phone: (800) 634-5263
Website: www.legalassist.org/tree/land_tree.asp
- Pro Bono legal services
North Dakota RSOL (Reform Sex Offender Laws) Email: rsolnd@gmail.com
- Our main goals is to educate on sex offenders, gather statistics and show that laws need to change and provide info to those families, friends and sex offenders, letting them know they are not alone.
Unfair Appearance in Sex Offender Databases North Dakota Website: http://articles.directorym.com/Unfair_Appearance_in_Sex_Offender_Databas...
- If you are listed on a sex offender database because of an act that is now legal, here's how to get your name off. This article also covers how public access to sex offender databases works and why this information is open to the public.
North Dakota Sex Offender Web Site Website: http://www.sexoffender.nd.gov/
Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Inc. Refugee, Immigrant and Migrant Services Fargo, North Dakota Office 118 Broadway North, #616 Fargo, ND 58102-4944 Phone: (701) 232-8872 Fax: (701) 232-8366 Email: fargo.migrant@smrls.org Website: http://www.smrls.org
- Represents children: I-130 Petitions, I-485 (refugee, asylum, family-based), N-600 Applications Spanish, Somali, Amharic, Hmong, Khmer, Thai, Lao, Cebuano, Tagalog
Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota/Oficina Legal 450 North Syndicate Street, Suite 175 St. Paul, MN 55104 Phone: (651) 641-1011 or (800) 223-1368 Fax: (651) 641-1131 Email: oficinalegal@ilcm.org Website: http://www.immigrantlawcentermn.org/ilcm.htm
