Prisoners' Rights Law Resources: Federal Laws

Congressional Research Service (Cornell Legal Information Institute) Includes Annotated Bill of Rights and Amendments XI- XXVII

18 U.S.C. Subchapter C: Imprisonment: Remedies With Respect to Prison Conditions

Prisons and Prisoners

Civil Rights: Institutionalized Persons

Civil Action for Deprivation of Rights

Parole, Release, Supervision and Recommitment of Prisoners

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.,

Bureau of Prisons

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Tiffany Yang, 64 B.C. L. Rev. 1145 (2023) (Westlaw).

Janice Selberg, 96 Mich. B.J. 48 (2018)

Catherine T. Struve, 19 U. St. Thomas L.J. 407 (2023) (Westlaw).

Michael B. Mushlin, 24 Fed. Sent'g L. Rep. 268 (2012)

Hannah Belitz, 53 Harv. C.R. L. Rev. 291 (2018)

Terri LeClerq, 15 Legal Communication & Rhetoric: JALWD 47 (2018).

Cornell Legal Information Institute

138 S.Ct. 784, 200 L.Ed.2d 75 (2018) (in suits governed by the PLRA, district courts must apply as much of the judgment as necessary, up to 25%, to satisfy an award ofattorney’s fees).

136 S. Ct. 627, 577 U.S. __ (2016) (under the PLRA, a prisoner filing more than one federal case or appeal in forma pauperis must pay filing fees for each case filed)

567 U.S. 460 (2012) (mandatory life without parole for those under the age of 18 at the time of their crimes violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishments).

563 U.S. 493 (2011) (a court-mandated population limit in California prisons was necessary to remedy the violation of prisoners' constitutional rights and was authorized by the PLRA).

553 U.S. 723 (2008) (Suspension Clause, restricting suspension of privilege of writ of habeas corpus, protects the rights of the detained by affirming the duty and authority of the judiciary to call the jailer to account).

430 U.S. 817 (1977) (fundamental constitutional right of access to the courts requires prison authorities to assist inmates in preparing and filing meaningful legal papers by providing prisoners with adequate law libraries or assistance from persons trained in the law).