Homework: Inmates' Rights Overview
To successfully complete this homework, you will need to:
1. Refer to:
• Chapter 11, "The Legal World, Prisoners' Rights," in your Corrections in the 21st Century textbook.
• This document, Summary of Inmate Rights.
2. Use the Strayer University Library to conduct research on the cases that awarded prisoners their basic constitutional rights.
• The B.S. in Criminal Justice library guide is a good place to start your research.
• You may also find the CQ Supreme Court Collection database useful as you conduct your research.
o This brief Kaltura video, Finding Supreme Court Cases Relating to Specific Amendments, shows you how to search for cases by amendment.
Effective corrections personnel recognize that inmates, like other U.S. citizens, are people protected by various constitutional rights. Not only do they recognize that inmates have these rights, they are also knowledgeable about those rights they are responsible to protect.
In this homework, you will have the opportunity to analyze inmates' rights, the cases that afforded inmates those rights, and the impact inmate rights have on correctional administration.
Instructions
After reviewing Chapter 11 of your textbook, the "Summary of Inmate Rights" document, and conducting research on inmates' rights and the corresponding case law, write a 3 to 5 pages paper in which you:
o Summarize inmates' rights and the U.S. cases that awarded them those rights.
o Explain how inmates' rights impact correctional administration.
o Articulate your perspective about whether inmates have too many or too few rights.
- Be sure to include the rationale behind your perspective.
o Recommend, based on research and experience, additional rights to be afforded to inmates and those which should be removed.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.