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Corrections (Prisoners rights (Cooper vs Pete ((End of hands off period,…
Corrections
Prisoners rights
Cooper vs Pete
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Uses the civil rights act of 1871, section 1983 to access federal court as a state inmate
Inmates could now use Sec. 1983 to sue in regard to conditions, treatment, nutrition, medical care, etc
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History
Hands-off period to 1960s - “slave to state” “civil death”
Prisoner’s rights era: 1960s-1980s - begins with Cooper V. Pate (1964)
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1st Amendment
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Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) and religious land use and institutionalized persons act (RLUIPA)
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Inside and out of Prison
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Mentally ill inmates
Influx of mentally ill into CJS
Issues of: Cost, Security, and psychiatric units
Deinstitutionalization of mental healthcare
Elderly Inmates
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Increased cost due to medical needs, security needs
Average cost is $69,000 per year (cost 3x more than younger inmates)
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History of Corrections
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Pennsylvania
-Separate system
-quaker idea of reformation through the isolation, repentance
-Walnut Street jail/Eastern state penitentiary
Colonial Period
-1600s-1790s
-based on Anglican Code
-incorporated fines, corporal punishment, and fines
-rooted in religious philosophy
New York System
-congregate system
-Auburn penitentiary New York
-Isolated at night work together during the day
-began contract labor systems involving inmates