Tennessee
Legal Resources:
ACLU of Tennessee
P.O. Box 120160
Nashville, TN 37212
(615) 320-7142
Limited post conviction; habeas corpus if there is a civil rights question; prison and jail conditions; direct referrals.
Community Legal Center
910 Vance Ave
Memphis, TN 38103
(901) 543-3395
Knoxville Legal Aid Society, Inc. Pro Bono Project
502 S. Gay St., Suite 404
Knoxville, TN 37902-1541
(423) 525-3425
Legal Aid of Middle Tennessee
211 Union St., Suite 800
Nashville, TN 37201-1586
(615) 244-6610
Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee Inc
Williamson County Pro Bono Program
526 N. Walnut St.
Murfreesboro, TN 37130-2852
(615) 890-0905
Legal Services of South Central Tennessee
PO Box 1256
Columbia, TN 38402-1256
(931) 381-5533
Rural Legal Services of Tennessee
PO Box 5209
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-5209
(423) 483-8454
Southeast Tennessee Legal Services Volunteer Lawyer Program
414 McCallie Ave
Chattanooga, TN 37402-2009
(423) 756-4013
Tennessee Innocence Project
Kenneth Irvine
c/o UT - Pro Bono
University of Tennessee Legal Clinic
1505 West Cumberland Avenue
Knoxville, TN 37996
Support Organizations:
Better Decisions
PO Box 120754
Nashville, TN 37212
Tel 615-832-8327
Teaches and fosters life skills to women and girls who are incarcerated and to others expressing an interest by means of a structured curriculum delivered by trained volunteers. It is a pre-release program offered at the Tennessee Prison for Women and Woodland Hills Development Center.
CURE -Tennessee
PO BOX 416
Harriman, TN 37748
(423)354-0839
Advocacy organization that works to reduce crime through criminal justice reform and the rehabilitation of errants.
Ex-offender Program (service of Prison and Prevention Ministries, Inc.)
302 Spruce Street
Chattanooga, TN 37404
Tel (423) 622-5768
Provides counseling and referral services to legal families who have a member incarcerated or to a former offender who has been released from prison. Makes referrals for food vouchers, financial assistance, jobs and housing. Provides transportation quarterly to Pikeville Prison. Provides children with gifts at Christmas.
Philadelphians Prison Ministry, Inc.,
4531 Old Broadway
Knoxville, TN 37918
Tel 865-689-5833 or 689-7952
Provides comprehensive services for offender and ex-offenders and families; a drug and alcohol free transitional home for homeless.
Project Return, Inc.
1514 Church Street
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 327-9654
Pre-release classes; institutional job fairs; employment placement assistance; job readiness & life skills training; job counseling; follow-up counseling; referrals to support services; job-skill training referrals; college and trade school enrollment assistance; housing referrals; clothing referrals; direct aid (emergency food boxes and bus passes for transportation to and from the workplace). As Project Return's programs strive to teach personal accountability and responsibility, bridges are built - bridges that will strengthen the lives of adjudicated youth and former offenders.
Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing
Box 120552
Nashville, TN 37212
615-463-0070
Coordinates legislative opposition to the death penalty; community education; publishes quarterly newsletter, Tennessee Lifelines, free to TN death row inmates.
Education/Libraries:
Books Through Bars
4722 Baltimore Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19143
(215) 727-0882 ext 2
Sends books to prisoners.
University of Tennessee Law Library
1505 West Cumberland
Knoxville, TN 37996-1800
(423) 974-4381
Updated June, 2005
