Rights of Prisoners provides practitioners, judges, and corrections officials with a balanced and comprehensive treatment of prisoners' rights issues. It covers the law affecting prisoners and their rights, and the latest developments resulting from the increase in prison litigation. This title discusses civil disabilities, AIDS, drugs, environmental and toxic tort law, and “Son of Sam” laws. Additionally, it provides in-depth analysis of related Supreme Court decisions, with special attention paid to the application of First, Fourth, and Eighth Amendment rights as applied to corrections facilities.
Other topics covered in Rights of Prisoners include:
- Basic entitlements
- Equal protection clause
- Prison labor
- Control in prison
- Transfers
- Detainers
- Prisoners in the community
- Access to courts
- Access to the media
- And more
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