From Shadowproof:
Jailhouse lawyers are no strangers to the enormous challenges brought about by waging legal battles on behalf of themselves and other incarcerated people. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, they have worked through even greater challenges stemming from a lack of safety measures, and increased restrictions on privileges and mobility.
Over the past year and a half, jailhouse lawyers—incarcerated people who use their legal knowledge to research and submit legal filings—have been forced to face obstacles brought on by the pandemic, such as limited law library access, as well as challenges that existed prior to the pandemic rooted in unfavorable laws and court decisions.
They’ve undertaken abolitionist organizing and collaborated with lawyers on the outside to build class-action lawsuits. Their advocates on the outside have persisted in lending their support.
Jonas Caballero is one such advocate. A paralegal at the Pittsburgh-based Abolitionist Law Center, Caballero reads and responds to dozens of letters each week from prisoners, many of whom are jailhouse lawyers. Continue reading >>>
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