A Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual

NEW RELEASE! The 12th EDITION is here!
A Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual (12th Ed, 2020, 1520 pages, $30) is a handbook of legal rights and procedures designed to inform prisoners of their rights and how use to judicial process to secure these rights on both the federal and state level, with an emphasis on New York State law. It also has published the following supplements: 1) on Louisiana state law; 2) on Texas state law; and 3) on Immigration and consular access, containing information about the immigration law consequences of criminal convictions for people who are not U.S. Citizens. Individual chapters are also available for download. For incarcerated persons, the 12th Edition of the main JLM is $30; supplements range from $15-25 by state.

The Manual is not downloadable from its website, and loved ones can send you specific chaptors. For non-prisoners, the main JLM is $140 and supplements range from $50-100.

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, please expect additional delays in delivery of the JLM. They are working as hard as they can—with a limited team—to respond to orders of the JLM as soon as possible