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Current Trends and Challenges in Inmate Litigation, LexisNexis Corrections white paper download

January 04, 2022 (2 min read)

Reducing the risk of inmate litigation

Jail and prison staff need a clear understanding of evolving law—including inmate civil rights, inmate health, and case law. In a 2021 webinar hosted by the American Jail Association and sponsored by LexisNexis®, Professor Margo Schlanger, JD, shared important legal updates and insights for corrections officers and administrators.  

Click here to download the complete complementary resource from LexisNexis.  

Reducing the risk of inmate litigation is a key issue across the country. Learn more about state mandated compliance as well as the topics below when you download the complimentary white paper based on the webinar "Trends and Challenges in Inmate Litigation" by Michigan University Law Professor, Margo Schlanger.  

  • COVID-19 and hepatitis C 
  • Conditions of confinement liability standard 
  • Transgender inmate issues 
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act 
  • Grievance systems 
  • Access to the courts 

Get your copy today to learn more about these trending issues – click here

About Margo Schlanger, JD  

Margo Schlanger is the Wade H. and Dores M. McCree Collegiate Professor of Law at the University of Michigan, and is a leading authority on civil rights issues and civil and criminal detention. She teaches constitutional law, torts and classes related to civil rights, jails and prisons. She also founded and runs the Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse. Schlanger earned her JD from Yale University. She is the author of dozens of law review and other scholarly articles, and is the lead author of the casebook Incarceration and the Law.