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Supports prisoners' efforts at self-litigation with educational resources. Provides services in Spanish and English.

Provides legal information, assistance and advocacy to prisoners in the San Francisco County Jail system. Limited information available in Spanish.

Published a 2005 Jailhouse Lawyers handbook, free for prisoners, on bringing Section 1983 claims alleging that constitutional rights have been violated in prison. Cannot provide lawyers. Offers $8 membership for jailhouse lawyers.

Has regional offices in GA, IL, TX, CA, and DC. Largest latino civil rights organization. MALDEF litigates large class action cases; can not take individual cases, nor criminal cases. Write for more info. Provides referrals. Best to use online contact form.

Non-profit law firm which deals only with cases of obvious race discrimination, handles small # of death penalty & life w/o parole cases.

Publishes a number of low-cost materials for prisoners, including "legal Bulletins", "Prisoner's Guide to Federal Parole", and "Due Process Standards for Administrative Detention." Provides direct legal service to all federal prisoners in Central Pennsylvania, including those at USP Allenwood and USP
Lewisburg. Send SASE for publication and price list.

Priority is to address guard brutality and sexual abuse, other unsafe physical conditions, disability discrimination, lack of mental health and medical care, and lack of educational programs for young prisoners. Habla espanol.

Resources and possible legal referrals for INS detainees in Northern California. We are not able to help with criminal or other civil matters. Spanish services provided.

Have four working project groups: the Public Policy Project, the Women in Prison Project, the Prison Visiting Project, and the Juvenile Justice Project.