Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual
  • Home
  • About
    • About the JLM
    • Current Staff & Board
    • Contact
  • Current Edition
  • Supplements
    • Texas & Louisiana State Supplements
    • Immigration & Consular Access Supplement
  • Order a Copy
  • Support the JLM
Select Page

Federal Prisoners’ Limited Options for Bureau of Prisons’ Loss and Damage of Property

by Joseph Payne | Apr 10, 2017 | Blog Posts, Uncategorized

Mitchell Schwartz, Columbia Law School Class of 2018 There are nearly 200,000 federal prisoners in the United States. All medically-able, federal prisoners are required to work[1] and typical wages range from 12¢ to 40¢ per hour (before withholding for restitution and...

Buck v. Bell: The Supreme Court’s Reckoning with Race and Capital Punishment

by Joseph Payne | Mar 20, 2017 | Blog Posts, Uncategorized

Chijindu Obiofuma, Columbia Law School Class of 2018 This past week, the Supreme Court handed down their decision Buck v. Davis[1]. Although, for many in the circles of social justice and capital reform, the decision was uncontroversial, it was by no means inevitable....

Staffer blog: Fundamental Fairness in Criminal Convictions Through Incorporation of the Sixth Amendment

by Joseph Payne | Mar 3, 2017 | Blog Posts, Uncategorized

Patricia Okonta, Columbia Law School Class of 2018 Just over a week ago, a public defender asked a judge in Louisiana’s Orleans Parish to strike down a provision of the state’s constitution that allows for non-unanimous jury verdicts to result in felony...

Staffer Blog: Gaps and Remedies in Prison Medical Care

by Joseph Payne | Feb 23, 2017 | Blog Posts, Uncategorized

Maria Teresa LaGumina, Columbia Law School Class of 2018 The United States corrections system is one of the largest in the world, with nearly 2.1 million Americans in prison today.[1]  The correctional facilities that house these individuals have a responsibility to...

Staffer Blog: The Tide is Turning Against Solitary Confinement

by Joseph Payne | Feb 17, 2017 | Blog Posts, Uncategorized

Huvie Weinreich, Columbia Law School Class of 2018 Solitary confinement (sometimes referred to as restricted or segregate housing) is under legal fire. While prison reform advocates have long campaigned against the use of solitary confinement in prisons, the last past...

Staffer Blog: An Inexplicably Narrow Definition of “Custody” in Immigration Removal

by Joseph Payne | Jan 27, 2017 | Blog Posts, Uncategorized

Deborah Capiro, Columbia Law School class of 2018 The language of 8 C.F.R. 1236.1(d)(1) gives Immigration Judges authority to make custody re-determinations when a non-citizen is about to be released from immigration detention and beyond: “After an initial custody...
« Older Entries

Recent Posts

  • Federal Prisoners’ Limited Options for Bureau of Prisons’ Loss and Damage of Property
  • Buck v. Bell: The Supreme Court’s Reckoning with Race and Capital Punishment
  • Staffer blog: Fundamental Fairness in Criminal Convictions Through Incorporation of the Sixth Amendment
  • Staffer Blog: Gaps and Remedies in Prison Medical Care
  • Staffer Blog: The Tide is Turning Against Solitary Confinement

Archives

  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • Order the JLM
  • View the Current Edition of the JLM
  • HRLR
435 West 116th Street, New York, NY 10027 | jlm.board.mail@gmail.com | T: (212) 854-1601 | F: (212) 854-7946