The Alternatives to Violence Project - New England

Connecticut: 
Valentine Doyle, coordingates MacDougall Correctional Institution, Suffield.
Kris Wraight coordinates workshops at York (Women's) CI in Niantic.
Carol Lewis in Amherst coordinates workshops at Osborn CI in Somers.
Judy Meikle coordinates commntiy workshops, mostly for youth, in Fairfield County.

There's usually one workshop a month at each prison

Maine:
Sue Rudalevige
Prisons with active programs:  Windham Women's Center   Windham Men's pod,

Massachusetts:  http://www.avpma.org/     Contact: Nancy Shippen

Prisons: Norfolk, Old Colony, Cedar Junction, MCI – Concord, Northeast Correctional Center, MCI Shirley Medium, Shirley Minimum, Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, MCI – Framingham (starting),

Generally we have one workshop a month at each facility

Rhode Island:  No current AVP program.  Want to help start one? 
Contact: Sally Gabb

New Hampshire: http://www.avpnh.org/
Contact:   

Alex Johnson facilitates a lot in Concord NH men's prison ,
KENT/MARY ALICE WARNER, Belknap Co. Jail in Laconia
Others active are Judy Brophy, bthorngren@peaceworks.us

Scheduled workshops:

Oct 1-3, 2010	1 Days	Concord	Facilitators: Barbara Thorngren
Oct 2, 2010	1 Day	Concord	Facilitators: Alex Johnson
Dec 4, 2010	1 Day	Concord	Facilitators: Barbara Thorngren

Vermont: No current program.  Want to help start one?  Contact:
Grace  McGrath
Micki Paddock
AlanTaplow

AVP Website: There are many but these will start:

AVP/USA: http://www.avpusa.org/
AVP International: http://www.avpinternational.org/
AVP Around the World: http://www.avparoundtheworld.info/