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Prisoners Rights Movement
Before 1960, prisoners that were arrested meant becoming a slave of the state. That’s until a few key cases, combined with the power of the civil rights movement, drastically changed how prisoners were treated in the United States. -
Civil Rights Movements
During the 1980s the U.S. Supreme Court and Congress used their authority to force a deceleration of Federal judges’ involvement in correctional management. Court decisions and legislation narrowed the definitions of prisoners’ rights, required greater judicial deference to correctional administrators, and limited prisoners
of civil rights litigation and Federal judges authority. Despite these developments, the procedures under the supervision of trained correctional administrators should prese -
Prison Population
By the end of 2000, almost two million adults were imprisoned at an operational cost that exceeds over $38 billion dollars a year. Minorities are represented in the prison population in percentages that far exceed their representation in the general population. African Americans comprise less than 13 percent of the U.S. population, yet 48 percent of the prison population is African American. -
Prison Population
United States correctional facilities have seen a decrease in incarcerations over the years. -
Reference
Legal Rights of Prisoners - History Of Prisoners' Rights, The Hands-off Period, The Beginnings Of Prisoners' Rights Law—the Civil Rights Era - JRank Articles http://law.jrank.org/pages/1769/Prisoners-Legal-Rights.html#ixzz3ZIabFsfb
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1147419?uid=3739968&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21106716225853
https://www.ncjrs.gov/criminal_justice2000/vol_2/02e2.pdf
