CCJS 342 CH. 11: THE LEGAL WORLD (PRISONER'S RIGHTS)EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% SOLVED.

hands-off doctrine - ANSWERa historical approach that made courts reluctant to interfere with prison management or prisoner rights prisoner's rights - ANSWERConstitutional guarantees of free speech, religious practice, due process, and other private and personal rights as well as constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishments made applicable to prison inmates by the federal courts. nominal damages - ANSWERSmall amounts of money a court may award when inmates have sustained no actual damages, but there is clear evidence that their rights have been violated. compensatory damages - ANSWERmoney a court may award as payment for actual losses suffered by a plaintiff, including out of pocket expenses incurred in filing the suit, other forms of monetary or material loss, and pain, suffering, and mental anguish punitive damages - ANSWERmoney a court may award to punish a wrongdoer when a wrongful act was intentional and malicious or was done with reckless disregard for the rights of the victim constitutional rights - ANSWERThe rights specifically outlined for citizens within the US Constitution, Bill of Rights and subsequent Amendments. Basis of most inmate rights. Includes personal and due process rights. institutional needs - ANSWERPrison administration interests recognized by the courts as justifying some restrictions on the constitutional rights of prisoners. Those interests are (1) maintenance of institutional order, (2) maintenance of institutional security, (3) safety of prison inmates and staff, and (4) rehabilitation of inmates.