Chapter 11 Quiz

In the case of Fulwood v. Clemmer, the court of appeals ruled that the _____ must be allowed in prison.

black muslim faith

The hands-off era is said to have ended in 1970 when a federal district court declared in the _____ case the entire Arkansas prison system "so inhumane as to be a violation of the Eighth Amendment bar on cruel and unusual punishment."

Holt v. Sarver

Under a 1979 federal appeals court decision, in the _____ case, prison officials may not prohibit inmates from writing vulgar letters or those that make disparaging remarks about the prison staff.

McNamara v. Moody

the Attica prison riots occurred in

New York

Mr. Gerber, a prisoner in the California Department of Correction sued for the right to

artificially inseminate his wife

_____ are payments for actual losses, which may include out-of-pocket expenses an inmate incurred in filing a suit, other forms of monetary or material loss, and pain, suffering, and mental anguish.

compensatory damages

Inmates' rights cases involving the _____ Amendment cover areas as diverse as medical care, prison conditions, physical insecurity, psychological stress, and capital punishment.

eighth

Under the case of Procunier v. Martinez, inmate mail may not be read by the correctional officers.

false

Under the _____, U.S. courts for many decades avoided intervening in prison management.

hands-off doctrine

A judicial order to do or refrain from doing a particular act is called an

injunction

what is not one of the four legal foundations of prisoner's rights?

inmate unions

The case of Johnson v. Avery dealt with the issue of _____.

jailhouse lawyers

small amounts of money that a court may award when inmates have sustained no actual damages, but there is clear evidence that their rights have been violated are called

nominal damages

"Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted" is the Eighth Amendment.

true

At one point, the entire Arkansas Prison System was ruled unconstitutional.

true

the state legislature can pass statutes to grant specific rights to prisoners beyond those conferred by the state constitution

true