Rights of Incarcerated Peoples

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This course will explore the foundational rights afforded prisoners and detainees in several different contexts. The focus of the course will be on the substantive, primarily Constitution- based, rights claimed by prisoners and detainees within the United States. Attention also will be paid to the history of prisoners' rights litigation, practical considerations in bringing modern prisoner and detainee rights cases, the role of international sources of law in adjudicating prisoner and detainee rights, and the rights afforded ?extra-territorial? detainees.