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indigent defense

Ty Evans is serving time in Pendleton Correctional Facility in Indiana for attempted murder. There, he became a self-taught legal advocate for other incarcerated men—a “jailhouse lawyer.”  There is no right to counsel for those serving prison sentences who seek to challenge their convictions  or their sentences–which is just one aspect of the utter failing […]

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Testimony of a Jailhouse Lawyer

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by Voices from Solitary

July 30, 2014

News & Features

Teen Held in Solitary in Tennessee Jail Because He Can’t Make Bail

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

October 14, 2010

No Legal Defense for the Poor

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by James Ridgeway

July 30, 2010

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