• California State Prisoners Handbook, Fourth Edition (2008)
• D. Specter, Everything Revolves Around Overcrowding: The State of California's Prisons , Federal Sentencing Reporter, Vol. 22, No. 3 (2010) NEW
PRISON CONDITIONS
• How to file an Administrative Appeal (7/10), NEW also in Spanish (older version) -- Cómo presentar una Apelación Administrativa en el CDCR (9/08)
• How to file an Administrative Appeal at an Out-of-State - CCA - Facility (8/10) NEW
• Requesting Investigations of Staff Misconduct and Conditions of Confinement Problems (8/10) NEW
• Rights Regarding Prison Disciplinary Proceedings (3/10)
• Rights of Prisoners in Administrative Segregation (6/10) NEW
• Calculating Release Dates (3/05), New Sentence Credit Laws (4/10), and Recent Cases Re: Credits for Violent Felonies (8/10) NEW
• Information on Out-of-State Transfers (7/10) NEW
• The HIV and AIDS in Prison Handbook (8/09)
• Incarcerated Parents Manual, Grandparent Caregiver Manual, and Manual on Suing Local Public Entities on the Legal Services for Prisoners with Children website
• State Habeas Corpus Manual (11/08) and State Habeas Corpus Form
• Lawsuits for Money Damages Against Prison Officials Manual (9/06)
PAROLE SUITABILITY, CONDITIONS AND REVOCATION
• Parolee Rights Manual (3/10)
• Proposition 9 Information Letter (11/09)
• Sex Offender Registration and Residence/Proposition 83 Information (4/10) NEW
• How to file an Administrative Appeal (7/10),NEW also in Spanish (older version)-- Cómo presentar una Apelación Administrativa en el CDCR (9/08)
• Model Habeas Petition and Request for Stay Challenging Enforcement of Sex Offender Parolee Residence Restrictions (2/10) and State Habeas Corpus Form
• State Habeas Corpus Manual (11/08) and State Habeas Corpus Form
• Federal Habeas Corpus Manual (6/08)
CRIMINAL CASES
• Collateral Attacks on Criminal Convictions by State and Federal Petitions for Writ of Habeas Corpus (8/09), also in Spanish -- Los ataques colaterales en las condenas penales estatales y federales a través de peticiones de habeas corpus(8/09)
• State Habeas Corpus Manual (11/08) and State Habeas Corpus Form
• Federal Habeas Corpus Manual (6/08)
• Information Regarding Cases and Legislation Affecting Sentencing of California Priosners (Blakely/Cunningham/Black/Sandoval) (12/09)
Related Links
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Website:
The latests facts and figures about the state prison population; includes information about Adult Programs and Operations, the Division of Juvenile Justice and the Board of Parole Hearings, plus links to the CDCR Operations Manual, regulations and administrative bulletins
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Regulations
California Prison Medical Care Receiver
ACLU National Prison Project:
More information about legal challenges to prison conditions, including a list of interesting publications
UnCommon Law:
A private law office representing California prisoners and parolees and specializing in life prisoner parole suitability matters. Includes helpful information about the parole suitability process.
Prison Legal News:
Reporting on prison news and court decisions
Prison Links.com:
Links to a variety of prison issue websites
Nolo Press Website:
Many free legal research and information resources, along with information on low cost self-help legal products You will need Acrobat Reader to view some of these documents.
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