Please note that some resources can be used both by those inside and advocates outside of prison. These are sorted in the "inside" category. See the Additional Resource section of this page for resources sorted by topic.
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Additional Resources:
Coronavirus
CDCR Forms For Person Inside to File and Send Copy To Advocates
CDCR Form For People Outside to Fill Out
Court & Commutation Forms
California Self Help Legal Guides
Legal Institution Contact Information:
Resources for Federal Prisoners
Other
- Coronavirus in California prisons, please check out the PAN COVID-19 resource page.
- Guide to Picking People Up From Prison In The Time of COVID-19
- Legal Services For Prisoners With Children COVID-19 Guides
- Bluebook Citations to COVID-19 Cases and Sources by Jurisdiction
- Incarceration Law On COVID
- UCLA Law Chart of Correctional Policies and Responses
- Michigan Law Clearinghouse Of COVID-19 Cases
- The Justice Collaborative has a wealth of responses & resources regarding COVID-19. Including decarceral guidelines, factsheets, and policy.
- First District Appellate Project, Sample Legal Filings
- National prison response tracker.
- National Association of Criminal Legal Defense Lawyers - COVID 19 Resources
- List of experts and research for COVID-19 in prisons.
- Federal information.
- Summaries of Plata and Coleman case filings
- Plata case filings
- Coleman case filings
CDCR Forms For Person Inside to File and Send Copy To Advocates
- Health Record Authorization Release Form 7385 (Spanish) authorizes CDCR to share information with people outside.
- CDCR 7421 Advance Directive documents wishes about end-of-life care and names the person outside chosen to be a Medical Decision-Maker.
- CDCR 7465 POLST is short for Physicians Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment: documents wishes about end-of-life care.
CDCR Form For People Outside to Fill Out
Court & Commutation Forms
- California Commutation / Clemency Forms
- California state habeas form
- Federal Northern District of California Court Forms; Petition Under 28 USC § 2254 for a Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody; Notice of Appeal; Instructions for 9th Circuit Form 6 (attached as page 2 to Notice of Appeal); Application to Proceed in District Court Without Prepaying Fees or Costs (In Forma Pauperis)—Prisoner Case; Complaint under Civil Rights Act—Prisoner Case
- Federal Eastern District of California Court: EDCA Forms
- Federal Southern District of California Court: SDCA Forms; Special rules; Complaint_Civil Rights Act 42USC1983; Complaint_Civil Rights 28USC1331 and Bivens; Information re Prisoner Pro Se Documents; Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis; Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus 28USC2241; Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus 28USC2254
California Self Help Legal Guides
- San Francisco Public Defender - Filing a Habeas Petition FAQs + Updates
- Commutation Application Guide
- California State Habeas Corpus Manual
- Federal Habeas Manual
- Administrative Appeals Spanish version
- Administrative Segregation
- Lawsuits for Money Damages Against Prison Officials Manual , Spanish version
- Requesting CDCR Medical Records
- CDCR Recommendations for Resentencing (PC 1170(d)(1))
- Veterans Resentencing
Legal Institution Contact Information:
- CDCR, Court, and Attorney Contacts For COVID-19
- Federal Defenders
- List of California state public defender contacts
- List of California state appellate defender contacts:
- List of California state courts of appeal contact:
- List of California state superior court contacts:
Resources for Federal Prisoners
- Demanding release for elderly prisoners - We Got Us Now
- Information on compassionate release - FAMM and their COVID-19 responses
- Handout for folks in federal prisons - Prisoners With Children
- Prison Law Office - California based with actions in CA and AZ, as well as the Lompoc BOP COVID-19 case that was just filed - also has federal habeas guide
Other
- Immigration considerations
- Non-Designated Programming Facilities (NDPF) in California prisons, please check out our NDPF resource page.
- Cares Act 911 Tax Form