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    Monique Priorello November 5‚ 2012 Constitutional Law Prisoner Rights Of all forms of punishment‚ the death penalty is by far the most controversial and also the most rarely used. Capital punishment was once almost the only penalty applied to convicted felons. By the time of the American Revolution‚ the English courts had defined more than 200 felonies‚ all of which were “capital offenses”. However‚ many death penalties were not carried out; instead‚ offenders were pardoned or banished

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    Prisoner Rights Prisoners rights have come a long way from what they were in the 1800’s‚ prisoners back then had no rights they were abused and mistreated and the prison officials did whatever they wanted to prisoners and they had no say. During the 1800’s prisoners were kept in unsatisfactory conditions that were unclean‚ unsafe‚ falling apart and underfed they were giving small portions of bread‚ it seemed as they were being teased with the food. There punishments were harsh and unruly‚ they were

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    Dealing with Prisoner Rights As we evolved into a more civilized society many things changed. Medicine became better; schools and education improved‚ and treatment of our prisoners became more humane. The constitution of our country clearly prohibits the use of cruel and unusual punishment. No longer would captors be allowed torture that captive with iron maidens or contraptions of the like. These basic rules seem obvious to us today‚ but they represent the foundation of prisoner rights‚ the idea

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    PrisonersRights Roberta Stewart May 1‚ 2011 CJS/230‚ Dr. Kay Carter Prisoner rights are important because they prevent prisons from taking advantage of people. They also help to ensure that the punishment fits the crime. Without prisoner rights‚ those who are responsible for ensuring that society is safe from people who cannot live by society’s rules would be free to treat prisoners whatever way they saw fit‚ and abuse would be commonplace. Even though prisoners lose a lot of their

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    Prisoners' Right to Vote

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    Should all prisoners be given the right to vote or should it be limited only to some or to none at all? Provide a reasoned argument for your decision. Examination Code: R12630 Module Code: 6FFLK020 Date of Submission: 28/03/2013 T he majority of democratic societies recognise the right to vote as an essential human right. Despite this‚ there are a number of countries where leaders believe that the disenfranchisement of prisoners‚ merely as a result of their imprisonment‚ is a justified and prerequisite

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    Constitutional Rights of Prisoners By Tina Grinnell Corrections CRJ303

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    2013 Allowing Prisoners Voting Rights For many years‚ the decision to allow prisoners to vote has been a wide spread controversial issue. The controversy has been popular in the United States and the United Kingdom. When prisoners are sent to prison they are there to serve their time and they are usually stripped of all their rights and no longer contribute to a functional society. This includes the right to vote. They are convicts‚ but does that make it okay to take their rights entirely? Some

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    4. RIGHTS OF PRISONERS A convict lodged in a prison is not denuded of all fundamental rights though it is true that he does not enjoy all the fundamental rights like other persons because of the fetters imposed on him in accordance with the law. In an American case on prisoner’s right‚ i.e. Procunier v. Martineg the court emphasized that since the liberty of a prisoner is constitutionally curtailed due to his confinement‚ his interest in the limited liberty left to him becomes all the more substantial

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    Should prisoners serving life sentences for first degree murder be eligible for a parole hearing after 15 years? They shouldn’t. Criminals who hold life sentences for murder‚ rape‚ and kidnapping should stay in a jail cell. Without even the slightest chance of getting out. To many factors fall into play and the subject can only run deeper and deeper. These convicts were brutal in the outside world‚ and after taking their first step in a penitentiary it only gets worse. Their mental state crumbles

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    Q6. The ECJ has ruled that prisoners should not be denied the right to vote in political elections. Discuss. In March 2004‚ John Hirst‚ a convicted killer‚ successfully took his case against the United Kingdom to the Grand Chamber of the ECHR in Strasbourg. (Hirst v The United Kingdom 2004). He claimed there was an infringement upon his human rights which was inconsistent with protocol 1 article 3 of the ECHR. The court ruled unanimously that his human rights had been violated. On April 11th

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