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We would like to thank all the people who made important contributions to the Jailhouse Lawyers Handbook:

  • The Center for Constitutional Rights, Equal Justice Works and the National Lawyers Guild National Office.
  • Student & Lawyer Volunteers: Rebecca Benghiat, Maissa Boulos, Alicia D’Addario, Anna Liza Gavieres, Debra Greenberger, Renuka Gupta, Sarah Holladay, Alex Katz, Michele Kilpatrick, Veena Lyer, Anna Roberts, Matthew Scott, Alex Smith, Anna Van Cleave.
  • All the Jailhouse Lawyers who wrote in with comments and recommendations for the Handbook, and continue to fight for justice.
  • Special thanks to: Heidi Boghosian, John Boston, Jeffrey Fogel, Bill Goodman, Dori Lewis, Mac Scott, Colin Starger
  • Brian Glick, the Prison Law Collective, the Jailhouse Manual Collective and Angus Love, who were the original writers and editors of the Handbook (formerly known as the “NLG Jailhouse Lawyers Manual”).
  • NLG Jailhouse Lawyer Vice Presidents: Mumia Abu-Jamal and Paul Wright