Chp. 13: The Inmate`s world; The Keepers and the kept Flashcards
What is capital punishment?
a sentence of death, or carrying out same via execution of the offender.
What is the correctional officer?
one who works in a jail or prison and supervises correctional inmates.
What is the hands off doctrine?
the notion by courts that prison administrators should be given free rein to run their prisons as they deem best.
What is the hands on doctrine?
the belief by courts that inmates have certain constitutional rights that must be upheld, obeyed by prison administrators.
What is inmate litigation?
lawsuits filed by prison, jail inmates challenging their conditions of confinement.
What is the iron curtain speech?
Wolff vs. McDonnell inmates have rights.
What is JDLR?
the sense that things just don’t look right
What are prisoners rights?
the collective body of rights given to inmates by the courts
What Is slave of the state?
a philosophy stating that inmates had no legal rights that had to be observed by prison administrators.
