Prison Resources

Most communities have a pretty comprehensive list of services to assist prisoners during the tricky transition home. Some make these lists available in the form of a reentry guide to help people figure out how to survive their first days of freedom. But if you start looking for a decent directory of services to help people while they’re locked up — good luck! There are a few. But none that we felt good about sharing here. So we decided to make one of our own.

The following is a work in progress. When we have vetted more services, we’ll convert the list into a pdf document that can be downloaded, printed, and mailed to anyone in prison. If you know of a service that you would like us to consider adding to this list, please send us an email at

Note: Some of the resources in this list may not be available to prisoners who are not serving time in Tennessee. Some of the content in the resources are available by download only. State and federal prisoners from the Chattanooga, Tennessee, area may access this information through a Stephen’s Table Yellow Ribbon Committee. For more information contact Chattanooga Endeavors, PO Box 3351, Chattanooga, TN 37404