Informacion
Sobre Los Planes Para Reducir La Poblacion Penitenciaria de California (1/13)
• Rights Regarding Prison
Disciplinary Proceedings (3/10) also in Spanish Los Derechos de Los Presos en Relacion
Con Graves Cargos Disciplinarios (3/10)
• Rights of Prisoners
in Administrative Segregation (6/10) also in Spanish Los Derechos de Los Presos en la
Segregation Administrativa (6/10)
• Calculating Release
Dates (9/12), New Sentence
Credit Laws (6/12) also in Spanish Informacion re:
Nuevas Leyes de Créditos de Buena Conducta (6/12)
• Information on
Out-of-State Transfers (3/12) also in Spanish (older version) Información Relativa a las
Transferencias a Prisiones Fuera del Estado (7/10)
• Information
on New Classification Regulations (10/12) NEW
•Information Re: Improper or
Unlawful Use of Force by CDCR Staff (12/11) also in Spanish Informacion Re: El Uso de Fuerza
Excesivo o Ilegal Por Parte Del Personal Del CDCR (12/11)
• Security Threat Group (Gang)
Validation, Placement and Debriefing (12/12) NEW
also in Spanish Carta Informativa Sobre la Validacion de Pandilla y Como Renunciar
una Pandilla (Debriefing) (12/12)
• 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 also in Spanish Procedimiento Para Habeas Corpus Estatal
(11/08)
• Lawsuits for Money Damages
Against Prison Officials Manual (7/12)
PAROLE SUITABILITY, CONDITIONS AND REVOCATION
• Parolee Rights Manual
(3/10), with Addendum on Changes effective October 2011 also in Spanish --
Manual De Los Derechos Para
Los Presos En Libertad Condicional (3/10) with Actualization (10/11)
• Information About the Parole
Revocation Process, the Valdivia Injunction, and Proposition 9 (2/13)
• Benefits Available to Paroling
and Discharging Inmates (8/11)
• Community
Resource Directory for Parolees (on the CDCR website)
• Information About Sex
Offender Registration, Tracking and Residency Requirements (3/13) NEW, also in Spanish (older version) Informacion Sobre el Registro,
Aplazamientos y Requisitos de Residencia para de Delicuentes Sexuales
(12/10) and Adenda
(6/11)
• Model Habeas Petition and Request
for Stay Challenging Enforcement of Sex Offender Parolee Residence Restrictions
(12/10) with Addendum (6/11) and
State Habeas Corpus Form.
• State Habeas Corpus Manual (11/08)
and State Habeas Corpus Form
• Federal Habeas Corpus Manual (6/08)
IMMIGRATION/DEPORTATION
• Information for California State Prisoners with Immigration Holds
(3/12) also in Spanish Informacion Para Prisioneros del Estado de California con Ordenes
de Retencion Migratorias (3/12)
CRIMINAL CASES
• Information Re: Direct Appeals
of Criminal Convictions(1/12) also in Spanish Information re:
Apelaciones Directas a Condenas Delictivas (1/12)
• 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 Prisoners
(Blakely/Cunningham/Black/Sandoval) (12/09)
• Information Re:
California's Three Strikes Law (11/12) NEW, also
in Spanish (older version)
Carta Informativa Sobre la Ley de
Tres Avisos ("Three Strikes") de California (1/12). Also Proposition 36 Information Letter (11/12)
NEW, also in Spanish
(slightly older version) Information re: Propuesta 36 (11/12)
JUVENILE EDUCATION RIGHTS
• I Think I Need Special Education Services
-What Do I Do? (12/11)
• Know Your Rights: Suspension (12/11)
• Know Your Rights: Expulsion (12/11)
• Know Your Rights: Suspension/Expulsion for
Students with Exceptional Needs or a Disability(12/11)
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
The Civil Rights
Litigation Clearinghouse:
A collection of documents and information
from civil rights cases accross the United States, including hundreds of prison
and jail conditions lawsuits.
Legal Services
for Prisoners with Children:
A non-profit that advocates for
prisoners and parolees with children and publishes free self-help information on
various related issues.
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
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