Civil Rights for Institutionalized Persons

Civil Rights for Institutionalized Persons
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice
Publisher:
Total Pages: 916
Release: 1977
Genre: Civil rights
ISBN:

Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons

Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice
Publisher:
Total Pages: 440
Release: 1979
Genre: Inmates of institutions
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Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act

Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice
Publisher:
Total Pages: 864
Release: 1986
Genre: Inmates of institutions
ISBN:

Enforcing Religious Freedom in Prison

Enforcing Religious Freedom in Prison
Author: United States Commission on Civil Rights
Publisher:
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2008
Genre: Freedom of religion
ISBN:

From Executive summary: This report focuses on the government's efforts to enforce federal civil rights laws prohibiting religious discrimination in the administration and management of federal and state prisons. Prisoners in federal and state institutions retain certain religious exercise rights under the Constitution and statutes including the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUPIPA), the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), and the Civil rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA). Many states have similar provisions in their state constitutions and in state law modeled on RFRA. These rights must be balanced with the legitimate concerns of prisons officials, including cost, staffing, and most importantly, prison safety and security. Reconciling these rights and concerns can be a significant challenge for penal institutions, as well as courts.

No Pity

No Pity
Author: Joseph P. Shapiro
Publisher: Crown
Total Pages: 397
Release: 2011-06-22
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0307798321

“A sensitive look at the social and political barriers that deny disabled people their most basic civil rights.”—The Washington Post “The primer for a revolution.”—The Chicago Tribune “Nondisabled Americans do not understand disabled ones. This book attempts to explain, to nondisabled people as well as to many disabled ones, how the world and self-perceptions of disabled people are changing. It looks at the rise of what is called the disability rights movement—the new thinking by disabled people that there is no pity or tragedy in disability and that it is society’s myths, fears, and stereotypes that most make being disabled difficult.”—from the Introduction

Callous and Cruel

Callous and Cruel
Author: Jamie Fellner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2015
Genre: Correctional institutions
ISBN: 9781623132415

"This 127-page report details incidents in which correctional staff have deluged prisoners with painful chemical sprays, shocked them with powerful electric stun weapons, and strapped them for days in restraining chairs or beds. Staff have broken prisoners' jaws, noses, ribs; left them with lacerations requiring stitches, second-degree burns, deep bruises, and damaged internal organs. In some cases, the force used has led to their death"--Publisher's website, as viewed June 1, 2015.

Incarceration and the Law, Cases and Materials

Incarceration and the Law, Cases and Materials
Author: Margo Schlanger
Publisher: West Academic Publishing
Total Pages: 1071
Release: 2020-05-29
Genre:
ISBN: 9781683287964

In the age of American mass incarceration, a complex legal regime governs prison conditions and presents a host of controversial questions at the intersection of constitutional liberty, statutory interpretation, administrative regulation, and public policy. This is a completely overhauled, re-titled, and much-expanded version of the leading casebook about incarceration. It addresses both pretrial and post-conviction incarceration, presenting Supreme Court and leading lower court case law, statutes, litigation materials, professional standards, academic commentary, and prisoner writing. Topics include conditions of confinement, civil liberties, particular prisoner populations and relevant legal issues (race and national origin discrimination, the particular issues/law governing treatment of incarcerated women, LGBTQ people, and people with disabilities). Litigated remedies (injunctive litigation, damages, the Prison Litigation Reform Act, and criminal prosecution of prison staff), are also covered in detail, as is non-litigation oversight. The casebook is supplemented by an open-access website that offers additional resources and sources for further reading.