"The United States is the world's leader in incarceration with 2.3 million people currently in the nation's prisons or jails -- a 500% increase over the past thirty years."
-- The Sentencing Project
Resource Information Help for the Disadvantaged
is a nonprofit, all volunteer, state-wide organization dedicated
towards reducing crime and reducing recidivism through
activities that promote education for at-risk youth, prisoner literacy,
therapeutic, vocational rehabilitation & restoring the rights of former felons.
We assist disadvantaged and disenfranchised people regardless of race, color, creed and ethnic background to overcome desolate odds; to make a difference in their lives!
An "EARNED" Second Chance!
Restoring Our Communities
RIHD Prisoner & Family Advocacy
at Welsey Memorial United Methdodist Church
1720 Mechanicsville Turnpike
Richmond, Virginia 23223
Email: InMateResource@yahoo.com
RIHD Youth Initiative
at the Minority Youth Appreciation Society Center
1803 North 28th Street
Richmond, Virginia 23223
Email: rihdYouth@aol.com
Telephone/Fax: (804) 426-4426
Mailing Address:
RIHD - PO Box 55 - Highland Springs - Virginia 23075
Executive Director Email: rihd23075@aol.com
Remember to send address changes.
When requesting prisoner advocacy information: Send a self –addressed,
2-stamped envelope to RIHD mailing address.