

Innocence Organizations
The innocence movement includes innocence projects and law clinics that function independent of the criminal judicial system. By contrast, conviction integrity units function within the criminal judicial system. This list focuses on independent innocence entities.
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AL
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Address: Samford University, Law School Clinics, 800 Lakeshore Drive, Birmingham, AL 35229
Phone: 205-726-2011
Email: rachel.martin@samford.edu
Jurisdiction: Regional (Alabama)
AK
2
Address: PO Box 201656, Anchorage, AK 99520-1656
Phone: 907-279-0454
Email: info@alaskainnocence.org
Jurisdiction: Regional (Alaska)
AZ
3
Address: 4001 N. 3rd Street, Ste 401, Phoenix, AZ 85012
Phone: 480-727-0009
Email: info@azjusticeproject.org
Jurisdiction: Regional (Arizona), works with ASU Post-Conviction Clinic
4
Address: James E. Rogers College of Law, 1145 N. Mountain Ave., Tucson, AZ 85719
Phone: 520-626-5232
Email: law-clinics@arizona.edu
Jurisdiction: Regional (Arizona)
AR
5
Address: 300 E 39th St, Kansas City, MO 64111
Phone: 816-221-2166
Email: office@themip.org
Jurisdiction: Regional (Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Nebraska, and Iowa)
CA
6
Address: 5230 Boyd Ave., Oakland, CA 94618
Phone: (415) 307-3386
Email: info@after-innocence.org
Services: Post-exoneree legal and social support for both DNA and non-DNA cases
7
Address: 5318 E 2nd St. #999 Long Beach, CA 90803
Phone: 213-332-2850
Email: info@pcalaw.org
Jurisdiction: Regional (California)
8
Address: 225 Cedar St., San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: (619) 239-0391
Email: info@cwsl.edu
Jurisdiction: Regional (California)
9
Address: 6549 Mission Gorge Road, #379, San Diego, CA 92120
Phone: 619-928-2856
Email: info@theinnocencecenter.org
Jurisdiction: Mixed (California, Hawai’i, & international)
10
Address: 301 Forest Ave, Laguna Beach CA 92651
Phone: 949-376-5730
Email: online form
Jurisdiction: Regional (California: Kill Zone Theory)
11
Address: California Forensic Science Institute, 1800 Paseo Rancho Castilla, Los Angeles, CA 90032
Phone: 323-343-4640
Email: admin@innocencela.org
Jurisdiction: City (Los Angelas County, California)
13
Address: 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053
Phone: 408-554-4790
Email: ncip@scu.edu
Jurisdiction: Regional (California)
DE
17
Address: 4601 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE 19803
Phone: 973-908-5906
Email: director@innocencede.org; Contact us
Jurisdiction: Regional (Delaware)
DC
18
Address: 1413 K Street NW, Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-888-1766
Email: info@exonerate.org
Jurisdiction: Regional (DC, Maryland, Virginia)
FL
19
Address: 124 Marriott Drive, Suite 104, Tallahassee, FL 32301
Phone: 850-561-6767
Email: acarr@floridainnocence.org
Jurisdiction: Regional (Florida)
20
Address: 1311 Miller Drive, Ste B400, Coral Gables, FL 33146
Phone: 305-284-8115
Email: miamiinnocence@law.miami.edu
Jurisdiction: Regional (Florida)
GA
21
Address: 50 Hurt Plaza, Suite 350, Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: 404-373-4433
Email: gip@georgiainnocence.org
Jurisdiction: Regional (Georgia)
HI
22
Address: William S. Richardson School of Law, 2515 Dole Street, Suite 255, Honolulu, HI 96822
Phone: 808-956-6547
Email: contacthip@hawaiiinnocenceproject.org
Jurisdiction: Regional (Hawaii)
ID
23
Address: suspended operations for lack of funding
Phone: TBD
Email: TBD
Jurisdiction: Regional (Idaho)
IL
24
Address: Center for State Policy and Leadership, University of Illinois Springfield, One University Plaza, MS PAC 409, Springfield, IL 62703-5407
Phone: 217-206-6569
Email: iip@uis.edu
Jurisdiction: Regional (Illinois)
25
Address: 806 Howard Street, Suite 111, South Bend, IN 46617
Phone: 574-631-0677
Email: ndejc@nd.edu
Jurisdiction: Mixed (primarily Indiana, some national and international cases)
IA
5
Address: 300 E 39th St, Kansas City, MO 64111
Phone: 816-221-2166
Email: office@themip.org
Jurisdiction: Regional (Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Nebraska, and Iowa)
IA
28
Address: 6200 Park Ave, Suite 100, Des Moines, IA 50321
Phone: 515-412-0514
Email: exonerate@spd.state.ia.us (Director Erica Nichols Cook)
Jurisdiction: Regional (Iowa)
KS
5
Address: 300 E 39th St, Kansas City, MO 64111
Phone: 816-221-2166
Email: office@themip.org
Jurisdiction: Regional (Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Nebraska, and Iowa)
KY
29
Address: Department of Public Advocacy, 5 Mill Creek Park, Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: 502-564-8006
Email: info@kentuckyinnocenceproject.com
Jurisdiction: Regional (Kentucky)
LA
30
Address: PO Box 792808, New Orleans, LA 70179-2808
Phone: 504-943-1905 (Fax)
Email: info@ip-no.org
Jurisdiction: Regional (Louisiana)
MD
18
Address: 1413 K Street NW, Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-888-1766
Email: info@exonerate.org
Jurisdiction: Regional (DC, Maryland, Virginia)
MD
31
Address: 1420 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: 410-837-5706
Email: esuter@ubalt.edu
Jurisdiction: Regional (Maryland)
MA
32
Address: 885 Centre St., Newton, MA 02459
Phone: 617-552-0639
Email: sharon.beckman@bc.edu
Jurisdiction: Regional (Massachusetts)
MI
34
Address: 300 S. Capitol Avenue, Lansing, Michigan 48933
Phone: 517-371-5140
Email: innocence@cooley.edu
Jurisdiction: Regional (Michigan)
35
Address: University of Michigan Law School, 701 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1215
Phone: none provided
Email: innocence@law.msu.edu
Jurisdiction: Regional, non-DNA cases (Michigan)
MN
36
Address: 229 19th Avenue South, Suite 285, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612-624-4779
Email: info@gn-ip.org
Jurisdiction: Regional (Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota)
MO
5
Address: 300 E 39th St, Kansas City, MO 64111
Phone: 816-221-2166
Email: office@themip.org
Jurisdiction: Regional (Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Nebraska, and Iowa)
MT
38
Address: PO Box 7607, Missoula, MT 59807
Phone: 406-243-6698
Email: info@mtinnocenceproject.org
Jurisdiction: Regional (Montana)
NE
5
Address: 300 E 39th St, Kansas City, MO 64111
Phone: 816-221-2166
Email: office@themip.org
Jurisdiction: Regional (Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Nebraska, and Iowa)
NV
39
Address: none provided
Phone: none provided
Email: toni@innocencenv.org
Jurisdiction: Regional (Nevada)
40
Address: Rocky Mountain Innocence Center, 358 South 700 East, Suite B235, Salt Lake City, UT 84102
Phone: 801-355-1888
Email: contact@rminnocence.org
Jurisdiction: Regional (Nevada, Utah, Wyoming)
NJ
41
Address: 1000 Herrontown Rd., Princeton, NJ 08540
Phone: 609-921-0334
Email: info@centurion.org
Jurisdiction: National (life or death row prisoners)
43
Address: Seton Hall University School of Law, One Newark Center, Newark, NJ 07102
Phone: 973-642-8087 or 973-761-9000 ext. 8087
Email: lesley.risinger@shu.edu
Jurisdiction: Regional (New Jersey)
NM
44
Address: PO Box 36719, Albuquerque, NM 87176
Phone: none provided
Email: info@nmijp.org
Jurisdiction: Regional (New Mexico)
NY
45
Address: 233 Broadway, Suite 2370, New York, NY 10279
Phone: 212.965.9335
Email: info@exi.org
Jurisdiction: Regional (New York statewide)
47
Address: 199 Water Street, New York, NY 10038
Phone: 212-577-3300
Email: wcu@legal-aid.org
Jurisdiction: Regional (New York City)
48
Address: 11 Park Place, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10007
Phone: 212-402-4100
Email: info@oadnyc.org
Jurisdiction: Regional (New York City)
49
Address: 185 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013
Phone: 212-431-2100
Email: communications@nyls.edu
Jurisdiction: Regional (New York statewide)
51
Address: 78 North Broadway, White Plains, NY 10603
Phone: 914-422-4333
Email: ddorfman@law.pace.edu or apribysh@law.pace.edu
Jurisdiction: Regional (New York City and Westchester County)
NC
52
Address: Duke Law School, 210 Science Drive, Box 90360, Durham, NC 27708
Phone: none provided
Email: dukelawinnocenceproject@gmail.com
Jurisdiction: Regional (North Carolina)
53
Address: Duke Law School, 210 Science Drive, Box 90360, Durham, NC 27708
Phone: 919-613-7057
Email: jcoleman@law.duke.edu
Jurisdiction: Regional (North Carolina)
54
Address: PO Box 52446, Shannon Plaza Station, Durham, NC 27717-2446
Phone: 919-489-3268
Email: admin@nccai.org
Jurisdiction: Regional (North Carolina and South Carolina)
55
Address: Wake Forest University, 1965 Wake Forest Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27109
Phone: 336-758-5430
Email: smrabil@wfu.edu
Jurisdiction: Regional (North Carolina)
ND
36
Address: 229 19th Avenue South, Suite 285, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612-624-4779
Email: info@gn-ip.org
Jurisdiction: Regional (Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota)
OK
58
Address: 800 N. Harvey Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73102
Phone: 405-208-6161
Email: innocence@okcu.edu
Jurisdiction: Regional (Oklahoma)
OR
59
Address: PO Box 5248, Portland, OR 97208
Phone: 503-944-2270, Fax: 971-279-4748
Email: info@oregoninnocence.info
Jurisdiction: Regional (Oregon)
PE
60
Address: 1515 Market Street, Suite 300, Philadelphia, PA 19102
Phone: 215-204-4255
Email: info@PAinnocence.org
Jurisdiction: Regional (Pennsylvania)
61
Address: 3501 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-898-7483
Email: jesslip@penncareylaw.upenn.edu or aravenas@penncareylaw.upenn.edu
Jurisdiction: Regional (Pennsylvania)
PR
62
Address: Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, PO Box 70351, San Juan, PR 00936-9352
Phone: 787-751-1912, Ext. 2021
Email: PRoyectoinocencia@juris.inter.edu
Jurisdiction: Regional (Puerto Rico)
SC
54
Address: PO Box 52446, Shannon Plaza Station, Durham, NC 27717-2446
Phone: 919-489-3268
Email: admin@nccai.org
Jurisdiction: Regional (North Carolina and South Carolina)
64
Address: 429 North Church Street, Spartanburg, SC 29303-3663
Phone: 864-597-4000
Email: Contact form
Jurisdiction: Regional (South Carolina)
SD
36
Address: 229 19th Avenue South, Suite 285, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612-624-4779
Email: info@gn-ip.org
Jurisdiction: Regional (Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota)
TN
65
Address: 700 Craighead Street, Suite 300, Nashville, TN 37204
Phone: 615-581-7230
Email: info@tninnocence.org
Jurisdiction: Regional (Tennessee)
70
Address: Criminal Justice Institute, University of Houston Law Center, 4170 Martin Luther King Blvd, Houston, TX 77204-6060
Phone: 713-743-7552
Email: CJI@uh.edu
Jurisdiction: Regional (Texas)
UT
40
Address: Rocky Mountain Innocence Center, 358 South 700 East, Suite B235, Salt Lake City, UT 84102
Phone: 801-355-1888
Email: contact@rminnocence.org
Jurisdiction: Regional (Nevada, Utah, Wyoming)
VA
72
Address: 580 Massie Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903
Phone: 434-924-7354
Email: comm@law.virginia.edu
Jurisdiction: Regional (Virginia)
VA
18
Address: 1413 K Street NW, Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-888-1766
Email: info@exonerate.org
Jurisdiction: Regional (DC, Maryland, Virginia)
WA
73
Address: PO Box 85869, Seattle, WA 98145
Phone: 206-636-9479
Email: online form
Jurisdiction: Regional (Washington)
WV
74
Address: West Virginia University College of Law, PO Box 6130, Morgantown, WV 26506
Phone: 304-293-7249
Email: wvulaw@mail.wvu.edu
Jurisdiction: Regional (West Virginia)
WI
75
Address: Frank J. Remington Center, University of Wisconsin Law School, 975 Bascom Mall, 4318e Law Building, Madison, WI 53706-1399
Phone: 608-262-2240
Email: rburg2@wisc.edu or christopher.lau@wisc.edu
Jurisdiction: Regional (Wisconsin)
WY
40
Address: Rocky Mountain Innocence Center, 358 South 700 East, Suite B235, Salt Lake City, UT 84102
Phone: 801-355-1888
Email: contact@rminnocence.org
Jurisdiction: Regional (Nevada, Utah, Wyoming)
US national
76
Address: 40 Worth St., Suite 701, New York, NY 10013
Phone: 212-364-5340
Email: info@innocenceproject.org
Jurisdiction: Broad (US nationwide)
77
Address: Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, 375 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611-3069
Phone: 312-503-2391
Email: cwc@law.northwestern.edu
Jurisdiction: Broad (US nationwide)
Transition
78
Address: 5230 Boyd Ave., Oakland, CA 94618
Phone: 415-307-3386
Email: info@after-innocence.org
Services: Post-exoneree legal and social support for both DNA and non-DNA cases
79
Address: PO Box 20241, American Canyon, CA 94503
Phone: 707-656-5994
Email: info@exoneratednation.org or obie@exoneratednation.org
Jurisdiction: Regional (California)
80
Chicago: 311 N. Aberdeen St., Floor 3, Suite E, Chicago, IL 60607
New York: 310 Lenox Avenue, Floor 3, New York, NY 10027
Ohio: 6515 Longshore Loop, Suite 100, Dublin, OH 43017
Washington, D.C.: 126 C St. NW, Floor 2, Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 312-789-4955
Email: info@exonerationproject.org
Jurisdiction: Broad (US nationwide)
Services: Post-release financial and social support for both DNA and Non-DNA Cases
81
Address: 11312 US 15-501 N, Suite 107 – #181, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
Phone: none provided
Email: connect@healingjusticeproject.org
Service: Works to prevent and alleviate the harms caused to all by wrongful convictions through advocacy, education, and direct support.
82
Address: 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102
Phone: 267-519-4584
Email: info@witnesstoinnocence.org
Jurisdiction: Broad (US nationwide)
Publicizing
Address: 509 7th Street NW, Washington, DC 20004
Phone: 202-934-0121
Email: prisonsandjustice@georgetown.edu
Service: Georgetown University course leading students to create short documentaries and social media campaigns that spotlight a few compelling cases of the innocent in prison.