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It is common knowledge that
prisoners frequently endure brutal
assaults on their most basic human
rights. But few lawyers will take
their cases, and few prisoners have
the resources to pay attorneys’ fees.
Too often, the only way for prisoners
to seek justice is to file lawsuits
on their own behalf.
The National Lawyers Guild and the Center for Constitutional Rights work to fill this gap by distributing The Jailhouse Lawyers Handbook: How to Bring a Federal Lawsuit to Challenge Violations of Your Rights in Prison. The handbook is available upon request to inmates and their supporters. We receive hundreds of request each month; some inmates write back to let us know how important the handbook is: "Let me thank you for the Jailhouse Lawyers Handbook which you sent me free last year when I was being abused, starved and beat, etc. by prison guards. I used it to file a Sec. 1983 claim and held my own in court. The Handbook saved my life. I think it was very helpful in providing me with a roadmap for my LAWSUIT…. Now they leave me the hell alone! " Says another: "I want to thank you for sending me your Jailhouse Handbook, it means a lot to me. Because it is hard to survive this system in here, especially now, since BOP [Bureau of Prisons] has all the support and inmates very little; BOP knows all the tricks in preventing lawsuits…." You can support this work. If you are a member, check the box to make a donation for sending handbooks to prisoners on your dues payment form. If you are not a member, go to nlg.org/jlh to download the handbook or make a secure donation to the Jailhouse Lawyers Support Project. If you are interested in making a tax-deductible donation to the NLG Foundation in support of this project, please click here to email the Guild. |