LibGuides: Researching Mass Incarceration and Prison Abolition: Books: Rights of Incarcerated Individuals & Additional Free Resources (Focus: NY)

Books: Rights of Incarcerated Individuals (publicly accessible)

A Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual by Columbia Human Rights Law Review
Publication Date: (12th ed. 2020)
Excerpt from book description: "A Jailhouse Lawyer’s Manual (JLM) is a handbook of legal rights and procedures designed for use by people in prison."
This handbook includes: Chapter 1: How to Use the JLM. Note: Also view material under tab: Supplements (at top of web page).
Public Defender Handbook: 2023-2024 by Public interest Law Center, New York University School of Law
Publication Date: Rev. Aug. 2023

Law and Policy of Sentencing and Corrections in a Nutshell
Call Number: KF9728.Z9 B72 2022 (Reserve)
Publication Date: 2022
Rights of Prisoners (Westlaw) by Michael Mushlin
Publication Date: 5th ed. (updated annually)
Access: BLS students, faculty and adminitrators: Click link and enter your Westlaw log in credentials.
Prisoners' Rights: A Legal Research Guide (ebook) by Carol A. Fichtelman
Publication Date: 2017
Access through HeinOnline. (Off-campus use: requires proxy.)
BLS Library also owns 1 print copy: KF9731.A1 F53 2017 (Main).

Scope: New York

New York Jurisprudence (= a legal encyclopedia):

New York Jurisprudence, Penal and Correctional Institutions (Westlaw)
Access: BLS students, faculty and adminitrators: Click link and enter your Westlaw log in credentials.

The New York Jurisprudence chapter focused on rights of incarcerated individuals is:

New York Jurisprudence > Penal and Correctional Institutions > VII. Inmates (Westlaw)
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Legal Aid Society, Arrests & Policing
Provides telephone numbers to obtain help.
Legal Aid Society, What to Expect If You're Arrested
New York City Department of Correction, "Inmate Bill of Rights" page
Provides the Handbook for Incarcerated Individuals (rev. June 2024 v. 2) in English. Site states that this Handbook will be updated/published shortly in more languages. Provides the Inmate Rule Book (Oct. 12, 2007) in English & Spanish.
Prisoners' Legal Services of New York, Pro Se (6 issues/year)
This newsletter is an important resource for people who are incarcerated in the state of New York.
Survivors Justice Project, Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act Resource Guide
Survivors Justice Project, housed at Brooklyn Law School, "fights for decarceration through the New York Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act."
This is a "guide for individuals seeking sentencing/resentencing under New York’s Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act (DVSJA)."