• Wardens
• Associate Wardens
• Chaplains, Jail Administrators
• Food Service Managers
• Inmates
• Inmates’ Families and friends
• Interstate Compact Officials
• INS Case Agents
• U.S. Marshals
• Case Managers
• Parole Officers
• Head of DOC
• Classification Officers
• Mail Rooms
• Health and Medical Institution Officials
• Halfway Houses
• Regional Designators
• Chabad & non-Chabad Rabbis
• Institution Rabbis
• Inmate Advocate Organizations
• Governors and U.S. Senators

Kosher Food Issues

• Secure Kosher food programs for inmates as a steady diet
• Maintain the integrity of the Kosher diet-line once it is established
• Lobby for Kosher food for sale in the commissary
• Lobby for Kosher food in visiting room vending machines
• Lobby for the removal of non-Kosher food in the Kosher diet
• Require the authorities to provide a Kosher/medical diet in Nevada State Prisons
• Prevent dairy and meat products being served in the same "Kosher meal"
• Separation of non-kosher and kosher food trays and utensils (to prevent kosher trays being washed with non-kosher food trays)
• Successfully request purchase of new pots, pans and utensils
• Liaise with Chaplains to buy holiday food items, such as apples, honey, matzah

Prayer Services, Religious Holidays and Work Proscription Days

• Make sure that “Break-Fast" meals are available for inmates on fast days
• Establish and maintain the availability of Jewish services at prison institutions
• Ensure that Jewish service schedules are included on chapel schedule notices
• Lobby for the removal of crosses and other pagan symbols in chapels during services
• Lobby for sufficient time for the conclusion of prayer services
• Ensure proper provision of ritual items and meal plans for Jewish holidays
• Lobby for the prevention of combined Jewish services and "Messianic Jews" when all are forced to pray together
• Secure permission for observant inmates to don Tefillin and other religious articles
• Lobby to ensure proper time allowances for inmates to don Tefillin and attend prayer services
• Ensure that religious books and articles are allowed into institutions and available to inmates
• Make sure inmates are able to perform Havdalah services
• Make sure holy books are not desecrated when confiscated

Prison Services

• Fight bogus and/or illegal incident reports and transfers
• Assist in the recovery of personal and religious property not returned after an inmate’s transfer
• Help to retrieve wrongly confiscated property and legal pleadings
• Rectify retaliation from the authorities when inmates file grievances and/or complaints
• Provide written documentation to parole boards on behalf of inmates
• Lobby against proselytizing and discrimination
• Lobby against the cancellation of Jewish services and activities in order to accommodate other religious groups
• Lobby to prevent items that Aleph donates for Jewish inmates being given to non-Jews or sold at the compound
• Monitor the irregular processing of incident reports that compromise the safety of inmates as a result of the impression to other inmates that an inmate is a snitch
• Monitor and resolve problems with institution mail-rooms, such as mail blocking, destroying of mail and non-delivery
• Ensure clearance for Aleph’s Jewish calendars with regard to over-size, staples, etc.
• Lobby officials regarding adverse conditions of confinement, such as lack of heat or air conditioning
• Lobby for inmates to participate in work release programs
• Follow paper trails to make sure that prison officials pay timely attention to inmate concerns
• Ensure that inmates have proper access to the FDAP (Federal Drug & Alcohol Program)
• Request and secure inmate transfers intrastate and interstate

Religious Legal Issues

• Lobby to combat anti-Semitism at prison institutions, including the conduct of anti-Semitic staff members, racist inmates, guards, and other high-ranking prison officials
• Investigate and report anti-Semitic officers
• Fight for Jewish inmates’ rights when they are being harassed for being Jewish
• Combat bogus incident reports against Jewish inmates
• Report inmate and officer threats against Jewish inmates
• Secure religious furloughs during Jewish holidays
• Continue dialog with the U.S Department of Justice regarding [mis] treatment of Jewish inmates
• Ensure that PenPal applications are allowed into prison institutions and that the PenPal program is not thwarted by prison officials’ refusal to permit inmate participation
• Maintain contact with Halfway Houses on behalf of Jewish inmates’ rights
• Rectify religious problems encountered by "messianic Jews", "Jews for Jesus" and Christians
• Demand the inclusion of Jewish High Holidays in institutional calendars
• Address the improper treatment of Jewish volunteers at prisons
• Request religious transfers
• Review religious policies
• Lobby to prevent proselytizing by chaplains of other faiths
• Lobby to prevent proselytizing by other inmates and "messianic Jews"
• Lobby to prevent Messianic "rabbis" conducting Jewish services
• Ensure proper days off [lay-ins] for work proscription days/religious holidays
• Attend to the multiplicity of problems regarding prayer services and Chapel availability for Jewish inmates, such as access to the Chapel at appointed times, Shabbat candle-lighting, observance of Jewish holidays

Medical Legal Issues

• Contact medical departments with regard to inadequate inmate medical care
• Rectify incidents of inadequate medical assistance
• Review medical files
• Request medical transfers

Immigration Issues

• Assist inmates with the U.S. Israeli Prisoner Transfer Treaty during their incarceration
• Advise inmates on proper procedures for making aliyah post-release
• Contact INS Case Agents and submit letters of support to inmates facing deportation

Administrative Issues

• Provide spiritual support and comfort to inmates and their families
• Make calls and write letters to confirm inmates’ authentic religious affiliation
• Respond to letters written by Spanish speaking inmates
• Provide internet information to find biological parents, etc.
• Maintain communication with inmates’ family members, advising recent developments and current circumstances and prison locations
• Request job changes to accommodate and/or improve religious, medical or retaliation incidents
• Review, instruct, and advise inmates regarding proper procedures for the filing of inmate requests, grievances, administrative remedies and appeals
• Supply inmates with case decisions relative to the issues they have framed
• Liaise with attorneys representing inmates in litigation
• Write letters to parole board to help inmates pending release
• Request and process Aleph membership application forms
• Provide internet information pertaining to specific physical illnesses
• Review and comment on civil lawsuits against institutional staff
• Write letters to thank and encourage authorities for helping Jewish inmates

Post Release Assistance

• Maintain communication to help and encourage released inmates
• Offer Community Service to former inmates on probation
• Help newly released inmates find employment