A Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual (2024 Edition)
- 14 E 2 What Are "Prison Conditions"?
- 30 E 3 Harassment
- 3 G The State's Duty in the Internet Age
- 14 L 1 Entry of Prospective Relief
- 14 L Injunctions [Details]
- 13 E 8 How to Appeal
- 24 E 2 42 U.S.C. Section 1983
- 22 F 4 "Perfecting the Appeal": Submitting All Necessary Documents
- 30 I 3 A Practical Example
- 25 C 2 Fourth Amendment Protections
- 13 C What You Cannot Raise in Your Habeas Petition [Details]
- 11 USING POST- CONVICTION DNA TESTING TO ATTACK YOUR CONVICTION OR SENTENCE [Details]
- 35 F 7 Disadvantages of Conditional Release for Incarcerated people Serving Definite Sentences
- 18 D 4 Witnesses
- 38 C 2 Being Tried as a "Juvenile Offender" ("JO")
- 7 B 2 What Agencies Are Covered & What Records Are Available
- 32 H 1 How and Why Parole Revocation Begins
- 13 E 2 Where to File
- 13 C 1 Illegal Search and Seizure
- 14 L 6 Settlements
- 15 C 1 What Grievances Can Be Raised?
- 14 E 7 Dealing with Exhaustion in Your Lawsuit
- 29 D Conditions of Confinement for Prisoners with Mental Illness [Details]
- 33 C Foster Care [Details]
- 31 B 5 Florida's Classification Guidelines
- Appendix 5 B Lawsuits that challenge the conditions of your imprisonment
- 14 E 1 What Is Exhaustion?
- 37 E 1 The Draft
- 26 D 3 Consequences of Testing Positive for HIV in New York
- 14 L 2 Preliminary Injunctions
- 13 E 4 How to File
- 34 E 1 The Reasoning of Pretrial Conditions of Confinement Law: Right Not to be Punished
- 35 J Compassionate Release for Persons with Terminal Diseases
- 8 C Criminal Discovery [Details]
- 19 G Visitation
- 13 E The Mechanics of Petitioning for Federal Habeas Corpus [Details]
- Appendix 37 B STATE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENTS/ ASSISTANCE FOUNDATIONS
- 22 D 7 The Index Number and Filing Date
- 27 a 1 Constitutional Protections
- 25 C 4 DNA Testing
- 35 N 1 Good Conduct Time Credits
- 20 C 3 How to Get Help from a Lawyer
- 28 C 5 Filing in State or Federal Court
- 26 D 2 Right to Testing upon Request
- 38 a 4 Differences between the Adult Criminal System and "Juvenile" Delinquency System
- 17 B 3 Constitutional Torts
- 41 F Clemency [Details]
- 35 F 5 Length of Your Conditional Release
- 12 C 2 New York State Standard
- 9 E 1 What and Where to File
- 23 E 2 Medical Privacy
- 33 C 1 Voluntary Placement
- 16 D 1 Filing Your Lawsuit as a Class Action
- 29 E 1 Your Right as a Pretrial Detainee to Psychiatric Medical Care
- 35 I 2 Commutations
- 6 B 5 Your Reply to the Defendant's Answer
- 31 B 6 Classification of Female Incarcerated People
- 31 C 5 Equal Protection and Free Exercise of Religion Claims
- 23 C 2 Elective Procedures
- 33 F 1 Establishing Paternity-Becoming a "Legal Father"
- 13 C 2 Exceptions to the New Law Rule
- 15 F Rules for Inmate Grievance Procedures in Other States
- Appendix 34 a State Speedy Trial Statutes
- 19 C Legal Correspondence with Courts, Public Officials, and Attorneys: Privileged Correspondence [Details]
- 18 B Definition of "Due Process"
- Appendix 22 a Sample Article 78 Petitions and Supporting Papers
- 20 B 3 When You Can Get Relief Under Article 440
- 22 E 1 Deadlines
- 16 C 2 Whom to Name as Defendants
- Appendix 20 a STATE POST-CONVICTION RELIEF STATUTES
- 17 B 4 Examples of Common Tort Actions
- 29 C 6 Credit for Time in a Mental Hospital
- 14 J Revocation of Earned Release Credit
- 29 C What to Do if You Receive Unwanted Treatment [Details]
- IV a 1 Organizations That Specifically Serve Incarcerated People
- 2 C 2 Methods of Legal Research
- 37 D 2 Becoming a Foster or Adoptive Parent
- 22 D 1 Starting the Proceeding
- 15 E 2 Directive 4041: The Inmate Grievance Program Modification Plan
- 34 E 3 Medical Care
- I a 3 Federal Courts in the Third Circuit
- 21 C 3 How to File Your Habeas Corpus Petition
- 33 G Getting to Court
- 22 D 9 The "Answer" by the Government and Your "Reply"
- 32 O Parole in Texas
- 35 O 4 Can you change the length or conditions of your supervised release?
- 16 E 1 Bivens Actions
- 18 C 4 Work Release Programs
- 30 I 1 Lawrence v. Texas and Due Process Claims
- 9 F Continuing Your Appeal
- 24 E Legal Remedies Available for Victims of Unlawful Assault [Details]
- 37 F Voting Rights [Details]
- 31 C 3 Eighth Amendment Claims
- 30 B 3 State Laws
- 20 C 1 Preparing Your Motion Documents
- 24 B 5 Protection Under State Constitutions and Statutes and Federal Statutes
- 5 C 4 Tort Actions in State Courts
- 14 E 5 What If You Make a Mistake Trying to Exhaust?
- 30 B 2 Sex Discrimination
- 14 I Hearings by Telecommunication and at Prisons
- 3 F The State's Duty to Provide Materials
- II B How to File Poor Person's Papers with the County Attorney
- 11 B 1 Motion to Secure DNA Testing
- 12 C 1 The Federal Standard
- 32 N Parole in Illinois
- 29 SPECIAL ISSUES FOR INCARCERATED PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS [Details]
- Appendix 10 B Sample Application for NY State Re-Sentencing
- 34 D What Determines Whether You Stay in Jail or Are Released Pretrial [Details]
- 34 E 6 Other jail practices
- 41 D 3 Sexual Assault and Rape
- 30 D 2 Disclosure of Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity as a Fourteenth Amendment Violation
- 31 SECURITY CLASSIFICATION AND GANG VALIDATION [Details]
- 35 F 6 Revocation of Conditional Release
- 35 D 2 How Much Good-Time Credit You Can Earn
- 27 C The First Amendment Free Exercise Clause, the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA), and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) [Details]
- 40 E Withdrawing from a Plea Bargain [Details]
- Appendix 37 D CONTACT INFORMATION FOR EX-OFFENDER ASSISTANCE ORGANIZATIONS
- 28 B 2 What Qualifies as Discrimination under the ADA?
- 29 B 2 What to do if Treatment is Denied or Delayed
- 30 G 2 New York Visitation Policies
- 13 D 4 New Laws: The Teague Rule
- 14 L 4 Termination of Judgments
- 38 C 3 Being Tried as an "Adolescent Offender" ("AO")
- 9 APPEALING YOUR CONVICTION OR SENTENCE [Details]
- 2 D 3 Citing Cases
- 5 B 1 Criminal Appeal
- 33 D Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights [Details]
- 36 F 1 Parole Generally
- 29 C 2 Medication Over an Incarcerated Person's Objection
- 26 B 3 Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C
- Appendix 30 a LGBTQ Resources
- 29 C 4 When Due Process Procedures Are Not Required for Transfer
- 13 B The Fundamental Elements of a Federal Habeas Corpus Argument [Details]
- 24 C Sexual Assault and Rape [Details]
- 17 D 2 If you are bringing a suit in the New York Court of Claims
- Appendix 6 a Legal Documents Table
- 22 D 3 Article 78 Petition
- 14 F 1 What Does Section 1997e(e) Do?
- 17 C 1 Facility Grievance Procedures
- 28 B 5 What are "Services, Programs, or Activities?"
- II C New York Supreme Court Addresses
- 23 C 7 Right to Dental Care
- I a 2 Federal Courts in the Second Circuit
- 16 E 6 What You Should File
- 18 D Incarcerated Person's Basic Rights in Disciplinary Procedures [Details]
- 18 C 2 Transfers
- 35 F 4 Jenna's Law and Post-Release Supervision for All Determinate Sentences and Drug Offenses
- 22 F 3 Writing Your Brief
- 19 YOUR RIGHT TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD [Details]
- 39 D 2 How the Department Handles Applications
- 34 THE RIGHTS OF PRETRIAL DETAINEES [Details]
- 9 C What You Can Ask the Courts to Do Before Your Appeal is Heard [Details]
- 37 RIGHTS UPON RELEASE [Details]
- 23 F 2 Remedies for People Incarcerated by the Federal Government
- 29 D 1 Isolation and Solitary Confinement
- 5 C 1 Exhausting Administrative Grievances
- 31 C 1 Definition and Discussion
- IV B 1 Social Services in New York City
- Appendix VI DEFINITIONS OF LATIN WORDS USED IN THE JLM
- Appendix 33 a Sample Request for an Order to Produce
- 27 a 3 Bringing a Religious Freedom Lawsuit
- 35 N 4 Federal Compassionate Release
- 33 H The Right to Counsel
- 18 D 3 "Substitute Counsel" (Employee Assistant)
- 28 B 3 What is a Disability under the ADA and Section 504?
- 20 C 2 When and Where to File
- 36 SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR SEX OFFENDERS [Details]
- 31 B 7 Legal Challenges to Classification Decisions
- 33 F 2 Types of Fathers
- 10 B 2 Eligibility: Who Is Allowed to Apply?
- 21 STATE HABEAS CORPUS: FLORIDA, NEW YORK, AND MICHIGAN [Details]
- 3 E The State's Duty to Permit Access to Adequate Legal Assistance
- 36 J Civil Commitment [Details]
- 24 C 3 State Law
- 30 C Your Right to Control Your Gender Presentation While in Prison [Details]
- Appendix 10 C Appendix Sample Pro Se Application
- 19 E 1 General Standards for Receiving Publications
- 29 C 1 You Have the Right to Informed Consent
- 22 C 1 You May Only Challenge Administrative Decisions
- 32 F 4 Victim Impact Statement
- IV B Social Services [Details]
- 28 C 2 Filing a Complaint
- 24 B 1 The Legal Concept of Assault
- 35 GETTING OUT EARLY: CONDITIONAL AND EARLY RELEASE [Details]
- 18 YOUR RIGHTS AT PRISON DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS [Details]
- 12 D Common Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claims
- Appendix 13 B CHECKLIST FOR FIRST-TIME FEDERAL HABEAS CORPUS PETITIONERS
- 14 E Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies [Details]
- 9 G 2 Filing Supplemental Briefs
- 35 F 3 The Release Agreement
- 39 B Overview of Temporary Release Programs [Details]
- 35 C 3 Conditional Release
- 18 E 2 Important Exceptions at Violation Hearings
- 33 RIGHTS OF INCARCERATED PARENTS [Details]
- 22 B 1 Compel Required Action (Mandamus to Compel)
- 13 B 4 AEDPA Standard of Relief: Showing the Federal Court that the State Court Was Incorrect in Refusing to Grant You Relief
- 31 B 8 Administrative Options
- 40 C 3 Prosecutorial Discrimination in Plea Bargaining
- 30 SPECIAL INFORMATION FOR LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, AND/OR QUEER INCARCERATED PEOPLE [Details]
- 26 J Life After Imprisonment: Planning for Your Release