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A resource for federal judges, pro se law clerks, and others in the courts who manage prisoner pro se litigation. It was designed to highlight critical case-management issues in prisoner civil rights litigation and promote the exchange of useful experiences and ideas. It describes new provisions of the law and how they are likely to affect widespread practices. Contents: PLRA provisions; court-based procedures for facilitating effective management of prisoner litigation; and case-specific procedures for facilitating effective management of prisoner litigation. Sample complaints, applications, notices, and orders.
This two-volume encyclopedia provides a comprehensive and authoritative examination of the history and current character of American prisons and jails and their place in the U.S. corrections system. This encyclopedia provides a rigorous and comprehensive summary of correctional systems and practices and their evolution throughout US history. Topics include sentencing norms and contemporary developments; differences between local jails and prisons and regional, state, and federal systems; violent and nonviolent inmate populations; operations of state and federal prisons, including well-known prisons such as ADX-Florence, Alcatrez, Attica, Leavenworth, and San Quentin; privately run, for-profit prisons as well as the companies that run them; inmate culture, including prisoner-generated social hierarchies, prisoner slang, gangs, drug use, and violence; prison trends and statistics, including racial, ethnic, age, gender, and educational breakdowns; the death penalty; and post-incarceration outcomes, including recidivism. The set showcases contributions from some of the leading scholars in the fields of correctional systems and practices and will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in learning more about American prisons, jails, and community corrections.