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JUDICIAL RESPONSE TO PROBLEMS OF PRISON ADMINISTRATION AN INTRODUCTORY NOTE

NCJ Number
17040
Author(s)
D P FLINT
Date Published
1971
Length
17 pages
Annotation
SEVENTEEN PAGE ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON JUDICIAL INTERVENTION AND NON-INTERVENTION IN PRISON ADMINISTRATION IN THE AREA OF INMATES' RIGHTS.
Abstract
A BRIEF INTRODUCTORY DISCUSSION CITES IMPORTANT JUDICIAL DECISIONS IN THIS AREA AND HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHIC ENTRIES. TOPICS COVERED IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY INCLUDE ACCESS TO COURTS, COUNSEL, LEGAL MATERIALS AND JAILHOUSE LAWYERS, FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION IN PRISON, AND CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT.