CJUS
June 5, 2013
Professor Carter
Discussion Board #3
Rights and Legal Issues
Each and every one of us are born with certain and very specific unalienable rights. Those same rights are extended to the incarcerated. Though they may not have all of those rights in prison, the most significant sources of the way the correctional law must uphold their rights reside in our very own United States Constitution and The Bill of Rights. “These two sources regulate the power the government has over people and gives detail into the natural rights of every American and the limits in which the government can interfere. These also spate what is right and what is privilege,” (Stella, 2012). And of those sources, the Bill of Rights holds an important amendment that embodies the rights of every incarcerated individual. I feel that the 14th Amendment is the most important as it relates to inmate rights. Section 1 of the 14th Amendment states the following:
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
I feel that this amendment is most important because it states the right to due process and equal protection. These two things mean that each inmate has right to go through the process required before actually being put into prison, and they have the same protection that someone who isn’t in prison has. Though inmates have specific rights divulged to them, there are some rights they don’t have, which brings me to the issues that exist around the legality of correctional programs. Some of these programs include but aren’t limited to the juvenile delinquent world
Professor Carter
Discussion Board #3
Rights and Legal Issues
Each and every one of us are born with certain and very specific unalienable rights. Those same rights are extended to the incarcerated. Though they may not have all of those rights in prison, the most significant sources of the way the correctional law must uphold their rights reside in our very own United States Constitution and The Bill of Rights. “These two sources regulate the power the government has over people and gives detail into the natural rights of every American and the limits in which the government can interfere. These also spate what is right and what is privilege,” (Stella, 2012). And of those sources, the Bill of Rights holds an important amendment that embodies the rights of every incarcerated individual. I feel that the 14th Amendment is the most important as it relates to inmate rights. Section 1 of the 14th Amendment states the following:
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
I feel that this amendment is most important because it states the right to due process and equal protection. These two things mean that each inmate has right to go through the process required before actually being put into prison, and they have the same protection that someone who isn’t in prison has. Though inmates have specific rights divulged to them, there are some rights they don’t have, which brings me to the issues that exist around the legality of correctional programs. Some of these programs include but aren’t limited to the juvenile delinquent world
Cited: Steele, C. (2011, April 6). Legality of jail program questioned. Retrieved June 5, 2013, from Anniston Star: www.annistonstar.com/view/full_story/12644533/article_Legality-of-jail--program-questioned? Stella. (2012, May 7). Criminal Justice. Retrieved JUne 8, 2013, from allbestsessays.com/psychology/criminal-justice/27272.html