Ebook: Prisoners' Self Help Litigation Manual

Prisoners' Self-Help Litigation Manual, in its much-anticipated fourth edition, is an indispensable guide for prisoners and prisoner advocates seeking to understand the rights guaranteed to prisoners by law and how to protect those rights. Clear, comprehensive, practical advice provides prisoners with everything they need to know on conditions of confinement, civil liberties in prison, procedural due process, the legal system, how to litigate, conducting effective legal research, and writing legal documents. Written by two legal and penitentiary experts with intimate knowledge of prisoner's ri.;Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; A. The State of the Law; B. How to Use this Manual; C. Before You Go to Court; D. Getting a Lawyer; Chapter 1 Introduction: Using this Manual and Using the Courts; Part I: The Rights of Prisoners; Chapter 2 Conditions of Confinement; A. Cruel and Unusual Punishment; 1. The Objective Component: Cruel Conditions; 2. The Subjective Component Deliberate Indifference; 3. Other Legal Limits on Prison Conditions; B. Shelter; 1. Crowding; 2. Furnishings; 3. Ventilation and Heating; 4. Lighting; 5. Noise.