CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT - THE CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITS ON THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS

• NCJ Number: 42554
• Journal: Catholic University Law Review Volume: 25 Issue: 1 Dated: (FALL 1975) Pages: 42-101
• Author(s): J H STURC
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 60 pages
• Corporate Author: Catholic University of America Press
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS REVIEW DISCUSSES THE PARTICIPATION OF INMATES IN PRISON DECISIONMAKING AS GUARANTEED BY THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT AND SUBSTANTIVE LIMITATIONS ON TREATMENT UNDER THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT.

Abstract

THE ARTICLE COMMENTS AND REVIEWS CASE LITERATURE AND STUDIES ON FEDERALLY PROTECTED RIGHTS OF PRISONERS, DISCIPLINARY HEARINGS, NONDISCIPLINARY DECISIONS, RELIEF, AND THE EFFECT OF FEDERAL INTERVENTION. THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION IN WOLFF V. MCDONNELL (1974), WHICH HELD THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN DUE PROCESS REQUIREMENTS THAT MUST BE MET IN DISCIPLINARY HEARINGS, IS ANALYZED AS A LANDMARK CASE....TWH