What are the fundamental rights of a person who is in prison for committing crimes against society? Does prisoner’s have any rights once they are behind bars? How far are we willing to go when it comes to making life comfortable for individuals who have violated the law and must be punished? These are just a few of the questions that are beginning to surface in the penal system today.
Prisons did not become popular until around the nineteenth century. Imprisonment was thought to be a deterrent to criminal activity, and a means to stop any future crimes from occurring. It was not meant to be a home, or a place of refugee.
The rights of inmates began to take on a serious note in the 1960, the U.S. Supreme Court was challenged to de
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