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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 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
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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
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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 III: Particular Prisoner Populations
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Race
Nothing Has Made Me Feel More American Than Going to Jail
, Ravi Shankar, The Marshall Project (Apr. 29, 2021)
Riots, Protests, and Double Standards
, Reginald Stephen, Prison Journalism Project (Mar. 8, 2021)
How My White Privilege Protected Me In Jail
, Michelle Hadley, The Marshall Project (Jun. 25, 2020)
Unwritten
[on racial dynamics in custody], Andrew Sabatino (Drew) & Arthur Snowden (AR), Ear Hustle (Sept. 13, 2017)
Captive Nation: Dan Berger on Black Prison Organizing and Mass Incarceration
, George Lavender, In These Times (Feb. 24, 2015)
Religion
How I Keep Hope Alive While Serving 150 Years in Prison
, Tariq Maqbool, The Marshall Project (Mar. 4, 2021)
My Passover in Prison
, William Rapfogel & Simone Weichselbaum, The Marshall Project (Apr. 18, 2019)
Women
Episode 84: Karen
[on pregnancy and birth in custody], Ear Hustle (Dec. 14, 2025)
What It’s Like to Have Your Period in Prison
, Kelsey Dodson, Prison Journalism Project (Sept. 24, 2025)
Should Incarceration Deprive Me of Having Another Child?
, Erica Harris, Prison Journalism Project (Jan. 16, 2025)
Motherhood Made Me Even More of a Prison and Police Abolitionist
, Maya Schenwar, The Marshall Project (Jan. 10, 2025)
Fact Sheet: Incarcerated Women and Girls
, Kristen M. Budd, The Sentencing Project (Jul. 24, 2024)
Episode 105: Moms
, Ear Hustle (May 1, 2024)
I Survived Pregnancy and Postpartum Depression in Jail. Now I Guide Others Like Me.
, Tabatha Trammell & Nicole Lewis, The Marshall Project (Jun. 30, 2023)
In Jail, Pads and Tampons as Bargaining Chips
, Zoe Greenberg, The New York Times (Apr. 20, 2017)
Menstruation Can Become Humiliation in Prisons
, Alex Ronan, The Cut (Jun. 16, 2015)
Prisons Often Shackle Pregnant Inmates in Labor
, Shawanna Nelson & Adam Liptak, The New York Times (Mar. 2, 2006)
Women With Life Sentences
[photo series], Sarah Bennett
Non-English Communication
‘Friendly Signs’ Documentary Follows One Man’s Quest to Create Community for Deaf Prisoners
, Aala Abdullahi, The Marshall Project (Feb. 2, 2025)
Immigration Courts Getting Lost in Translation
, Joseph Darius Jaafari, The Marshall Project (Mar. 20, 2019)
The Isolation of Being Deaf in Prison
, Jeremy Woody & Christie Thompson, The Marshall Project (Oct. 18, 2018)
Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity
No Safe Place: Jason Jackson and the Crisis of LGBTQ+ Safety in Federal Prisons
, Jason Jackson & Nicole Li, Remedy Project (May 7, 2025)
Anti-Racism Daily-Learn about Farmer v. Brennan
[Interview with Dee Farmer], Nicole Cardoza, Just Detention International (Jun. 11, 2024)
“We Need to Listen”: Transgender people who have experienced prison call for more humane conditions and treatment
, Ky & Erica Bryant, Vera (Feb. 20, 2024)
Episode 88: Do You Know Who I Am?
[on being trans in prison], Ear Hustle (Apr. 12, 2023)
Episode 55: Marcel and Angie
[on gender-affirming healthcare], Ear Hustle (Mar. 31, 2021)
Hampton Tells of Life as a Transgender Person in Illinois Prison System
, Strawberry Hampton & Charles Preston, Injustice Watch (Oct. 17, 2019)
Locked: Adree Edmo’s story
, Boise State Public Radio (Jul. 8, 2019)
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)
Disability
‘Friendly Signs’ Documentary Follows One Man’s Quest to Create Community for Deaf Prisoners
, Aala Abdullahi, The Marshall Project (Feb. 2, 2025)
How One Man Got the DOJ to Investigate His Arizona Prison
, Larry Dunlap & Chastyn Hicks, Prison Journalism Project (Nov. 13, 2024)
Behind Bars for 66 Years
, John Phillips & Joseph Neff, The Marshall Project (May 23, 2019)
The Isolation of Being Deaf in Prison
, Jeremy Woody & Christie Thompson, The Marshall Project (Oct. 18, 2018)
Callous and Cruel: Use of Force against Inmates with Mental Disabilities in US Jails and Prisons
, Human Rights Watch (May 12, 2015)
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