NCJ Number
10728
Date Published
1973
Length
128 pages
Annotation
DESIGNED FOR USE BY THE PRISON INMATE AND OTHER NONSPECIALISTS, THIS BOOK SETS FORTH PRISONERS' RIGHTS AND SUGGESTS HOW THEY CAN BE PROTECTED.
Abstract
THIS GUIDE WAS PUBLISHED TO ENCOURAGE AMERICANS TO RECOGNIZE AND EXERCISE THEIR RIGHTS. IT WAS PLANNED TO AID THOSE PEOPLE DIRECTLY AFFECTED AND IS THEREFORE IN QUESTION AND ANSWER FORMAT. THE GUIDE SEEKS TO RAISE THE LARGEST ISSUES AND TO BE INFORMATIVE ON THE BASIC LAW ON THE SUBJECT. THE TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE PRISONERS' RIGHTS AT PRISON DISCIPLINARY HEARINGS AND OTHER DUE PROCESS ISSUES, THE QUESTION OF TREATMENT AND CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT, FREE COMMUNICATION, ACCESS TO THE COURTS AND THE PROBLEMS OF PRISON CENSORSHIP, RELIGIOUS AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, PAROLE, CONFINEMENT, AND POLITICAL RIGHTS.