The Rights of Prisoners, Fourth Edition: A Comprehensive Guide to Prisoners' Legal Rights Under Present Law (ACLU Handbook)

While prison officials continue to hold enormous power over prisoners, since the late 1960s judicial decisions have begun to reflect an attempt to eliminate major prison abuses.

Topics covered include freedom from cruel and unusual punishment, due process, prison censorship, religious and racial discrimination, special concerns of women prisoners, medical care, rehabilitation, parole, and remedies and procedures for challenging conditions of confinement.

David Rudovsky is Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania.

Alvin J. Bronstein is the Executive Director and Edward I. Koren is a Staff Attorney for the National Prison Project of the ACLU Foundation.

Julia Cade is a Paralegal and Public Information Assistant for the National Prison Project.