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Chapter 1. Prison, Jail, and Prisoners’ Rights: An Introduction
Chapter 2. Conditions of Confinement
Chapter 3. Solitary Confinement
Chapter 4. Programming, Work, Reentry
Chapter 5. Sexual Abuse
Chapter 6. Freedom of Expression and Religion
Chapter 7. Access to the Courts
Chapter 8. Procedural Due Process
Chapter 9. Searches
Chapter 10. Race and National Origin Discrimination
Chapter 11. Women Prisoners
Chapter 12. LGBTQ Prisoners
Chapter 13. Disability
Chapter 14. Injunctive Litigation
Chapter 15. Damages: Causes of Action and Defenses
Chapter 16. The Litigation Process
Chapter 17. Private Prisons and Prison Contractors
Chapter 18. Criminal Prosecution of Prison/Jail Staff
Chapter 19. State Constitutional Law
Chapter 20. Accountability: Voting, Standards, and Oversight
Errata
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Lived Experiences — Part I: Conditions of Confinement
Lived Experiences — Part II: Civil Liberties
Lived Experiences — Part III: Particular Prisoner Populations
Lived Experiences — Part IV: Litigation & Remedies
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Chapters
Chapters Overview
Chapter 1. Prison, Jail, and Prisoners’ Rights: An Introduction
Chapter 2. Conditions of Confinement
Chapter 3. Solitary Confinement
Chapter 4. Programming, Work, Reentry
Chapter 5. Sexual Abuse
Chapter 6. Freedom of Expression and Religion
Chapter 7. Access to the Courts
Chapter 8. Procedural Due Process
Chapter 9. Searches
Chapter 10. Race and National Origin Discrimination
Chapter 11. Women Prisoners
Chapter 12. LGBTQ Prisoners
Chapter 13. Disability
Chapter 14. Injunctive Litigation
Chapter 15. Damages: Causes of Action and Defenses
Chapter 16. The Litigation Process
Chapter 17. Private Prisons and Prison Contractors
Chapter 18. Criminal Prosecution of Prison/Jail Staff
Chapter 19. State Constitutional Law
Chapter 20. Accountability: Voting, Standards, and Oversight
Errata
Lived Experiences
Lived Experiences Overview
Lived Experiences — Part I: Conditions of Confinement
Lived Experiences — Part II: Civil Liberties
Lived Experiences — Part III: Particular Prisoner Populations
Lived Experiences — Part IV: Litigation & Remedies
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Chapters
Chapters Overview
Chapter 1. Prison, Jail, and Prisoners’ Rights: An Introduction
Chapter 2. Conditions of Confinement
Chapter 3. Solitary Confinement
Chapter 4. Programming, Work, Reentry
Chapter 5. Sexual Abuse
Chapter 6. Freedom of Expression and Religion
Chapter 7. Access to the Courts
Chapter 8. Procedural Due Process
Chapter 9. Searches
Chapter 10. Race and National Origin Discrimination
Chapter 11. Women Prisoners
Chapter 12. LGBTQ Prisoners
Chapter 13. Disability
Chapter 14. Injunctive Litigation
Chapter 15. Damages: Causes of Action and Defenses
Chapter 16. The Litigation Process
Chapter 17. Private Prisons and Prison Contractors
Chapter 18. Criminal Prosecution of Prison/Jail Staff
Chapter 19. State Constitutional Law
Chapter 20. Accountability: Voting, Standards, and Oversight
Errata
Lived Experiences
Lived Experiences Overview
Lived Experiences — Part I: Conditions of Confinement
Lived Experiences — Part II: Civil Liberties
Lived Experiences — Part III: Particular Prisoner Populations
Lived Experiences — Part IV: Litigation & Remedies
Lived Experiences — Additional Topics
Resources
Featured Opinions
Statutes, Treaties, and Regulations
Featured, Cited, and Supplemental Litigation Documents
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Chapters
Chapters Overview
Chapter 1. Prison, Jail, and Prisoners’ Rights: An Introduction
Chapter 2. Conditions of Confinement
Chapter 3. Solitary Confinement
Chapter 4. Programming, Work, Reentry
Chapter 5. Sexual Abuse
Chapter 6. Freedom of Expression and Religion
Chapter 7. Access to the Courts
Chapter 8. Procedural Due Process
Chapter 9. Searches
Chapter 10. Race and National Origin Discrimination
Chapter 11. Women Prisoners
Chapter 12. LGBTQ Prisoners
Chapter 13. Disability
Chapter 14. Injunctive Litigation
Chapter 15. Damages: Causes of Action and Defenses
Chapter 16. The Litigation Process
Chapter 17. Private Prisons and Prison Contractors
Chapter 18. Criminal Prosecution of Prison/Jail Staff
Chapter 19. State Constitutional Law
Chapter 20. Accountability: Voting, Standards, and Oversight
Errata
Lived Experiences
Lived Experiences Overview
Lived Experiences — Part I: Conditions of Confinement
Lived Experiences — Part II: Civil Liberties
Lived Experiences — Part III: Particular Prisoner Populations
Lived Experiences — Part IV: Litigation & Remedies
Lived Experiences — Additional Topics
Resources
Featured Opinions
Statutes, Treaties, and Regulations
Featured, Cited, and Supplemental Litigation Documents
Excerpted Sources & Supplemental Documents
Additional Reading
Law Students & New Lawyers
Archived Resources
COVID-19
Prisoners’ Rights Webinars
For Teachers
Data Supplement
About the Authors
Lived Experiences
Part IV: Litigation & Remedies
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Litigation
Jailhouse Lawyers Are Often Punished With Solitary Confinement
, Roxanne Barnes, Solitary Watch (Dec. 22, 2021)
I Taught Myself How to Read in Prison. Then I Sued the System and Won
, Andre Jacobs, The Marshall Project (May 24, 2019)
A Modernized Dungeon
, Jesse “Kingsta” Moody Jr., American Prison Writing Archive (Dec. 28, 2017)
‘For $12 of Commissary, He Got 10 Years Off His Sentence.’
[on jailhouse lawyers], Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project (Aug. 18, 2015)
Dee Farmer Won a Landmark Supreme Court Case on Inmate Rights. But that’s Not the Half of It.
, Alison Flowers, The Village Voice (Jan. 29, 2014)
Process
Twelve Months of Solitude: The Story of Gabrial Lobato
, Gabrial Lobato & Henry Knies, Remedy Project (Apr. 8, 2025)
For a Prison Transfer 45 Minutes Away, I Spent 12 Days in Hell
, LaMarr W. Knox, The Marshall Project (Dec. 13, 2024)
“Sick and Tired”: The Case of the Continuous Silencing of Lawrence James Espree
, Indy Goldberg, Remedy Project (Sept. 16, 2024)
Albert Tillman’s False Detainer
, Elise Penn, Remedy Project (Aug. 14, 2024)
Episode 45: The Gray Goose (Vans & Buses for Transfers)
, Ear Hustle (Sept. 9, 2020)
A model of Futility: The PLRA and Wisconsin’s Inmate Complaint System
, Robert Taliaferro, American Prison Writing Archive
Advocacy & Political Engagement
How States Are Undoing Criminal Justice Reforms
, The Marshall Project (Mar. 29, 2025)
The Strike That Broke a Supermax Prison
, Reveal News (Mar. 29, 2025)
Motherhood Made Me Even More of a Prison and Police Abolitionist
, Maya Schenwar, The Marshall Project (Jan. 10, 2025)
How One Man Got the DOJ to Investigate His Arizona Prison
, Larry Dunlap & Chastyn Hicks, Prison Journalism Project (Nov. 13, 2024)
A Warden Tried to Fix an Abusive Federal Prison. He Faced Death Threats
, Joseph Shapiro & Tirzah Christopher, NPR: All Things Considered (Nov. 15, 2023)
A Battle Over First Amendment Rights in Prisons
, Beth Schwartzapfel & Maurice Chammah, The Marshall Project (Jun. 10, 2023)
Prison Gerrymandering
, Daniel Chairez, San Quentin News (Feb. 28, 2022)
How Some European Prisons Are Based on Dignity Instead of Dehumanization
, Ram Subramanian, Brennan Center (Nov. 29, 2021)
Nothing Has Made Me Feel More American Than Going to Jail
, Ravi Shankar, The Marshall Project (Apr. 29, 2021)
What Do We Really Know About the Politics of People Behind Bars?
, Nicole Lewis, Aviva Shen & Anna Flagg, The Marshall Project (Mar. 11, 2020)
Whistleblowers in a Soundproof Bastille
, Ennis R. Patterson, American Prison Writing Archive (Oct. 6, 2019)
I Spent 16 Months in Solitary Confinement and Now I’m Fighting to End It
, Kiana Calloway, ACLU (Jul. 3, 2019)
What Do Abolitionists Really Want?
, Bill Keller, The Marshall Project (Jun. 13, 2019)
Attica’s Ghosts
, The Marshall Project (Feb. 28, 2019)
How One Inmate Changed The Prison System From The Inside
, Martin Sostre & Joseph Shapiro, NPR (Apr. 14, 2017)
A Primer on the Nationwide Prisoners’ Strike
, Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project (Sept. 27, 2016)
Captive Nation: Dan Berger on Black Prison Organizing and Mass Incarceration
, George Lavender, In These Times (Feb. 24, 2015)
Support the Walla Walla Prison Strike
, Washington State Prisoners Rights Committee (1977)
Supermax prisons in the consciousness of prisoners
, Kenneth E. Hartman, American Prison Writing Archive
First Amendment Under Attack in Illinois’ Prisons: The Price of Dissent
, George Peter Jr., American Prison Writing Archive
Voting Rights
Americans With Past Convictions Fight to Regain Right to Vote
, Lawrence Bartley & Donald Washington, Jr., The Marshall Project (Oct. 14, 2024)
In Just Two States, All Prisoners Can Vote. Here’s Why Few Do.
, Nicole Lewis, The Marshall Project (Jun. 11, 2019)
Jim Crow’s Lasting Legacy At The Ballot Box
, Jennifer Rae Taylor, The Marshall Project (Aug. 20, 2018)
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