A Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual (2020 Edition)
- 19-h Using Telephones
- 9-b-1 Time Limits
- 16-e-4 What You Can Complain About
- 19-c-5 Legal Correspondence and Federal Regulations
- 21-d-3 How to File Your Petition
- 7-i Correcting Errors in Your Personal History or Correctional Supervision Records
- 39-f-3 Alternatives to Incarceration
- 19-f Access to the News Media
- 18-c Due Process in Prison [details]
- 34-b-3 Waiving Your Mirand a Rights
- 40-c-3 Prosecutorial Discrimination in Plea Bargaining
- 7-b-5 What to Do if Your Request Is Denied
- 12-b Ways to Claim Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 21 State Habeas Corpus: Florida, New York, and Michigan [*] [details]
- 9-e-3 How to Perfect Your Appeal
- 40-d-1 Constitutional Requirements for Accepting a Guilty Plea
- Appendix 37-c* Table of Selected New York State Laws That Bar or Restrict People with Criminal Records from Working in Certain Occupations
- 11-b-3 Habeas Corpus Relief
- 34-c-2 The "deliberately Elicited" Test
- 7-g Criminal History Records[103]
- 2-d-4 Citing Statutes and Administrative Regulations
- 5-c Lawsuits to Challenge the Conditions of Your Imprisonment[14] [details]
- 8-c-3 Federal Discovery
- 16-b-1 Essential Requirements for Obtaining Relief Under Section 1983
- 14-l-5 Automatic Stay
- 20-c-2 When and Where to File
- 34-f Conditions of Pretrial Detention [details]
- 40-c Plea Bargaining Agreements [details]
- 14-c-1 What Is a Strike?
- 11-b-1 Motion to Secure Dna Testing
- 26-d-3 Consequences of Testing Positive for Hiv in New York
- 37 Rights Upon Release[*] [details]
- 9-f Continuing Your Appeal
- 18-d-6 "impartial" Hearing Officer
- 30-d-2 Disclosure of Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity as Fourteenth Amendment Violation
- 26-d-2 Right to Testing Upon Request
- 15-c-1 What Grievances Can Be Raised?
- Appendix 22-a Sample Article 78 Petitions and Supporting Papers
- 18-d-1 The Prison Must Publish Rules Governing Your Conduct
- 14 The Prison Litigation Reform Act[*] [details]
- 22-b What You Can Complain About Under Article 78 [details]
- 13-d-6 Where to File
- 34-e-3 New York's Speedy Trial Statute
- 32-h-4 Appeals
- 6-b-2 Supporting Papers
- 36-h Civil Commitment [details]
- 32-j Parole in California
- 31-b-2 Federal Bureau of Prisons Classification Guidelines[1]
- 23-c-5 A Prisoner's Right to Psychiatric Care
- Appendix II New York State: Filing Instructions and Addresses of New York State Courts
- 38 Rights of Juveniles in Prison[*] [details]
- 36-c-1 Self-incrimination in Counseling
- 14-g Attorneys' Fees
- 6-b-3 Miscellaneous Papers
- 21-c-3 How to File Your Habeas Corpus Petition
- 5-c-5 Tort Actions in Federal Courts
- 2-b-1 The Court System
- 20-b-2 What You Can Complain About in an Article 440 Motion
- 9-e-1 What and Where to File
- 34-f-1 The Right Not to Be Punished
- 14-e-8 Exhaustion and Statutes of Limitations
- 13-d Procedures for Filing a Petition for Habeas Corpus [details]
- 21-b Florida [details]
- 29-e-6 Involuntary Medication Is Necessary to Further Government Interests, and Less Intrusive Means Are Unlikely to Achieve the Same Result.[295]
- 25-c-3 Eighth Amendment Limitations
- 30-g-1 Federal Prison Visiting Guidelines
- 16-e-3 Whom You Can Sue
- Appendix 37-d Contact Information for Ex-offender Assistance Organizations
- 33-c-2 Kinship Foster Care
- 37-d-3 Rap Sheets[150]
- 13-d-12 How to Appeal
- 29-e-5 Involuntary Medication "significantly Further[s]" Government Interests, Making Defendant's Competence to Stand Trial Substantially Likely.[289]
- 35-n-3 Early Release Under the Second Chance Act
- 2-e-1 Check Other Sources
- 37-c-2 Medical and Mental Health Assistance
- 40-e-2 Withdrawal Following Sentencing
- 32-g-4 Special Parole
- 22-e How to Bring an Article 78 Proceeding [details]
- 35-c-3 Conditional Release
- 14-e-1 What Is Exhaustion?
- 16-a-1 Overview
- 6 An Introduction to Legal Documents[*] [details]
- 34-e-2 The Federal Speedy Trial Act[136]
- 13-a-5 Three Rules to Know before Filing
- 35-i-3 How to Request a Pardon or Commutation
- 31-b-6 Classification of Female Prisoners
- 2-d Citation [details]
- 24-d-2 Examples of Legal Claims Brought by Lgbt Prisoners
- 16-d-d-1-2 Using State Law And/or State Courts
- 33-e-2 If Your Child Is in Foster Care
- Appendix 16-a Forms and Samples
- 35-n Additional Ways the Bop Can Shorten a Federal Sentence [details]
- 9-d What You Can Ask the Court to Do in Your Appeal [details]
- 35-f-1 Conditional Release from a Definite Sentence
- 29-c What to Do if You Receive Unwanted Treatment [details]
- 30-d-3 Potential Obstacles to Suit
- 8-c-1 Federal Constitutional Requirements
- 37-c-1 Federal and State Financial Assistance
- 29-g Where to Go for Help
- 9-c-1 Getting a Lawyer
- 37-a-1 Private Housing
- 31-b-7 Legal Challenges to Classification Decisions
- 33-g Getting to Court
- 25-c Body Searches [details]
- 7-b-3 Exemptions to Record Availability Under Foia and the Pa
- 32-m Parole in Texas
- 38-b-1 Procedure in the Federal System
- 38-b-3 Being Tried as an Adult in the Federal System
- 32-h-3 Final Hearing
- 35-o-7 Can You Change the Length or Conditions of Your Supervised Release?
- 2-c-2 Methods of Legal Research
- 20-c-1 Preparing Your Motion Documents
- 35-f-3 The Release Agreement
- 33 Rights of Incarcerated Parents[*] [details]
- Appendix 13-a The Nine-step Appeals Process
- 19-b-2 State and Federal Protections of the Right to General (non-legal) Correspondence
- 30-i-1 Lawrence V. Texas and Due Process Claims
- 22-f-2 Filing a Notice of Appeal ("taking the Appeal")
- 29-e-3 Important Government Interests Are at Stake.[281]
- 23-b-1 Constitutional Law
- 22-a-2 Who Hears Article 78 Proceedings?
- 16-c-5 When to File
- 29-b Your Right to Receive Treatment [details]
- 18-c-2 Transfers
- 24-b-5 Protection Under State Constitutions and Statutes and Federal Statutes
- 34-f-5 Voting Rights
- 1-a General Comments
- 39-c Eligibility Requirements for Temporary Release Programs
- 35-n-2 Early Release Under the Residential Drug Abuse Program
- 25 Your Right to Be Free from Illegal Body Searches[*] [details]
- 21-d Michigan [details]
- 34-b-1 Your Miranda Rights
- 41-f Clemency [details]
- Appendix 6-a Legal Documents Table
- 18-c-5 Parole
- 7-c-2 General Procedure to Obtain Access to Records
- 22-a-3 What Can You Ask the Court to Do in an Article 78 Proceeding?
- 29-e Special Considerations for Pretrial Detainees [details]
- Appendix III Addresses of New York District Attorneys
- 24-c-2 Eighth Amendment Claims for Sexual Assault
- 16-c-2 Whom to Name as Defendants
- 7-b-1 Overview and History
- 32-f-5 Certificate of Earned Eligibility
- 6-b-4 Answering Papers from the Defendant
- 29-d-2 Your Right to Have Mental Health Considered in Disciplinary Proceedings
- 37-g Voting Rights [details]
- 7-j Federal Citizen Information Center
- 18-d-8 The Ruling and the Requirement of a Written Record
- 22-d-4 Verification of Petition
- 22-b-2 Review of Discretionary Administrative Decision-"arbitrary and Capricious" Standard (mandamus to Review)
- 28 Rights of Prisoners with Disabilities[*] [details]
- 13-b The Fundamental Elements of a Federal Habeas Corpus Argument [details]
- 35-c-2 Good-time Credit
- 35-f-6 Revocation of Conditional Release
- 7-b-2 What Agencies Are Covered and What Records Are Available
- 38-a-2 Are You a Juvenile?
- 22-c When You Can Obtain Relief Under Article 78 [details]
- 23-c-2 Elective Procedures
- 30-f-2 Segregation and Protective Custody
- 22-e-4 The Judgment
- Appendix 17-a Sample Tort Claim and Supporting Papers
- 22-d-7 The Index Number and Filing Date
- 36-d Hiv Testing [details]
- 20 Using Article 440 of the New York Criminal Procedure Law to Attack Your Unfair Conviction or Illegal Sentence[*] [details]
- 18-d-5 Confronting and Cross-examining Witnesses
- 29-f Planning for Your Release
- Appendix 10-b Sample Application for Ny State Re-sentencing[211]
- 31-b-5 Florida's Classification Guidelines
- 13-d-8 How to File
- 15-c-3 How to Write an Effective Grievance
- 5-b-2 Post-conviction Remedies
- 4-b Lawyers for Criminal Appeals
- 1-c How to Use the Jlm when Filing a Lawsuit
- 2-b-2 The Basis of Judicial Decision Making: What Is "the Law"?
- 34-f-4 Right of Access to Counsel
- 19-e-1 General Standards for Receiving Publications
- 1-d How to Use the Jlm if You Are Not Imprisoned in New York State
- 14-c The "three Strikes" Provision [details]
- 28-c-2 Filing a Complaint
- 34-c-4 Waiver of Your Right to Counsel
- 27-d Your Rights Under State Statutes [details]
- 18-d-3 "substitute Counsel" (employee Assistant)
- 21-c-4 Your Right to Counsel for Your Petition
- 16-c-6 What to File
- 33-e-1 If Your Child Is in Private Placement
- 36-d-1 Informational Tests
- 30-e-2 Sexual Abuse
- 13-g Conclusion
- 27-b-1 The Lee Coercion Test
- 18-e-3 Appeal Procedures
- 15-c-2 Non-grievable Issues[19]
- 22-f-6 The Reply to Your Appeal
- 23-c-3 Exposure to Second-hand Smoke
- 34-e-1 The Sixth Amendment: Constitutional Right to a Speedy Trial
- 41-d-1 Privacy
- 14-e-7 Dealing with Exhaustion in Your Lawsuit
- 13-b-4 Aedpa Standard of Relief: Showing the Federal Court That the State Court Was Incorrect in Refusing to Grant You Relief[71]
- 30-h-1 Sexually Explicit Material with Lgbt Content
- 26-b-4 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ("mrsa")
- 16-c-7 How to File Your Complaint