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Prisoners’ Constitutional Rights Assignment
QUESTION 5
Describe in your own words what CRIPA allows the Attorney General to and how that office goes about its work. 2 paragraph minimum of your own words!!! (no plagiarism – do not “copy” the website and no quotes).
QUESTION 6
The majority of Section IV of the investigation report about the Lowell Correctional Center describes evidence of the specific acts of sexual abuse, the failure to implement systems to deal with such abuse, and the authorities at the prison who knew about but disregarded the abuse. Make sure you read about (or skim) the evidence provided in those pages of the report. The evidence is shocking! Prisoners’ Constitutional Rights Assignment help
Question 2 focuses on Section IV. A.1. “Staff Sexual Abuse of Lowell Prisoners Violates Prisoners’ Constitutional Rights” (pp, 4 -8). In your own words (that includes no quotes) explain how the report concludes that the sexual abuse at Lowell constituted a violation not just of the Prison Rape Elimination Act but also of the Eighth Amendment. Do not be brief! DIG IN.
Notice that it is not sufficient to conclude simply that shocking facts automatically = constitutional violations. Legal analysis applies legal doctrines and previous decisions that have interpreted the Eighth Amendment to reach the conclusion that shocking facts amount to violations of the Eighth Amendment. Question 6 asks you to follow the steps of that analysis. 1 page minimum. Prisoners’ Constitutional Rights Assignment help
The use of SHUs (special Housing units, aka administrative segregation, restrictive housing) is very controversial. You read earlier about the classification of prisoners into SHU housing. You are a correctional warden of a maximum security unit that houses offenders who have assaulted correctional staff and/or other inmates. Make the argument that SHU housing is necessary. Explain why. Then make the argument that SHU housing should be eliminated or drastically restricted. Argue BOTH sides! Let me know in your answer that you listened to the Ear Hustle episode, watched the youtube video, and read the short articles under the reading requirements. How do you let me know?
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