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Legal Rights of Prisoners

Cases



Bell v. Wolfish, 441 U.S. 520 (1979).

Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97 (1976).

Lewis v. Lang, 116 S.Ct. 2174 (1996).

Newman v. Alabama, 559 F.2d. 283 (1977).

Rhem v. Malcolm, 371 F.Supp 594 (S.D. N.Y.) aff'd., 507 F.2nd. 333 (1974), affd on remand, 527 F.2nd 1041 (1975).

Rhodes v. Chapman, 452 U.S. 337 (1981).

Turner v. Safley, 482 U.S. 78 (1987).

Williams v. Lane, 851 F.3d 867, 881 cert. denied, 488 U.S. 1047 (1989).

Wilson v. Seiter, 111 S.Ct. 2321 (1991).

Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539 (1974).

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Law Library - American Law and Legal InformationCrime and Criminal LawLegal Rights of Prisoners - History Of Prisoners' Rights, The Hands-off Period, The Beginnings Of Prisoners' Rights Law—the Civil Rights Era