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…..Gallery of Art by Incarcerated Artists
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Chapter by Chapter
Chapter by Chapter
Chapter 1. Prison, Jail, and Prisoners’ Rights: An Introduction
Chapter 2. Conditions of Confinement
Chapter 3. Solitary Confinement
Chapter 4. Programming, Work, and Reentry
Chapter 5. Sexual Abuse
Chapter 6. Freedom of Expression and Religion
…..Gallery of Art by Incarcerated Artists
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. Accountability: Voting, Standards, and External Oversight
Chapter 20. The COVID-19 Pandemic Behind Bars
Resources
Resources
Featured Opinions
Statutes, Treaties, and Regulations
Featured, Cited, and Supplemental Litigation Documents
Non-case Excerpts and Supplemental Documents
Additional Reading: Cited Sources and For More Information
Job-search & other info for law students and new lawyers
For Teachers
Data Supplement
Data Supplement
Data Update
COVID-19
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Prisoners’ Rights Webinars
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Gallery: Art by Incarcerated Artists
© 2016 Rafael DeJesus. Orange Nation
© 2015 Darius White
© 2015 Omar Brand. Self Service
© 2018 Christopher A. Levitt. The Painter: A Portrait of Prison
© 2015 Yusef Qualls-El. The Monotony of Count Time
© 2018 Paul Hendrickson, Paroleable Lifer Released
© 2015 Alvin Smith. Undesirable Water
© 2016 Spyder. Don't Count on It.
Sites Featuring Art from the Inside
Justice Arts Coalition,
www.thejusticeartscoalition.
org
, including a terrific
resource list
University of Michigan Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP),
https://lsa.umich.edu/pcap
The Returning Artists Guild,
https://www.instagram.com/returningartistsguild/
Youth Arts: Unlocked,
https://www.youth-arts-unlocked.org/
Documenting prison art (photos of artists with their art),
https://petermerts.com/galleries/30_prison-art/
More coming . . .