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Police officers are allowed to arrest you if they have probable cause to believe that you committed an offense. "Probable cause" is defined by the U.S. Constitution as a minimum amount of evidence that a crime was committed, and that you committed it, needed to arrest you and move forward with a prosecution against you. Once you are in custody, the police must follow certain rules and procedures. These are laid out in the New York Criminal Procedure Law Sections 150 and 160.
This folder contains diversified information on prisoner's rights for the general population as well as the transgendered community.
Other Resources
For more extensive resources on the rights of people in prison and their families, visit the Pro Bono Net Prisoners' Rights Practice Area at www.probono.net/prisoners.
Resources
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A Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual, Eighth Edition (Columbia Human Rights Law Review)
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: Detention Operations Manual (U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration & Customs Enforcement)
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NYS Department Of Correctional Services Directives Online (NYS Department of Correctional Services)
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NYPD Patrol Guide 2005 (NYPD)
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"It's War in Here": A Report on the Treatment of Transgender and Intersex People in New York State's Men Prisons (Sylvia Rivera Law Project)
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The Jailhouse Lawyer's Handbook (Center for Constitutional Rights and National Lawyers Guild)
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Prison Legal News
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Prisoners Rights Fact Sheets (ACLU)
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Breaking out of the Prison Hierarchy: Transgender Prisoners, Rape, and the Eighth Amendment (Sylvia Rivera Law Project)
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Nowhere to Go But Out: The Collision Between Transgender & Gender-Variant Prisoners and the Gender Binary in America's Prisons (Sylvia Rivera Law Project)
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Assessing Reentry Needs: Relevant Questions for Exonerees (Innocence Project)
