Constitutional Issues in Correctional Administration

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Pub. Date: 2000-01-01
Publisher(s): Carolina Academic Press
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Table of Contents

Table of Cases
xi
About the Authors xv
Introduction 3(4)
The Evolution of Prisoners' Rights
7(20)
Establishing the Doctrine
8(1)
Breaking the Hands-Off Doctrine
9(6)
Sources of Federal Challenges to the Operation of State Institutions
15(12)
Constitutional Challenges
15(4)
Statutory Challenges
19(1)
Contemporary Access to the Court
20(1)
Summary
21(1)
References
22(1)
Cases
23(4)
Lewis and Casey and Inmate Access to the Courts
27(20)
From Johnson to Bounds: The Scope of Inmate Access Considered
30(2)
Bounds v. Smith and the Institutional Law Library
32(1)
Lewis v. Casey: A Brief Overview
33(2)
Inmate Access After Lewis v. Casey: Bounds Significantly Modified and the States' Constitutional Duty to Provide Inmate Access Clarified
35(5)
Courts Must Defer to the Judgment of Prison Authorities on Matters of Institutional Administration
40(1)
Summary
41(2)
References
43(1)
Cases
43(4)
Impact of the Prison Litigation Reform Act
47(10)
The Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995
47(3)
The Effect of the PLRA on Inmate Claims and Prison Administration
50(1)
Alternatives to Litigation
51(2)
Summary
53(1)
References
54(1)
Cases
55(2)
Freedom of Religion
57(12)
Administrative Problems
59(1)
Legal Challenges
60(2)
The Non-Impact of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act on Religion Behind the Walls
62(3)
Summary
65(1)
References
66(1)
Cases
67(2)
Impact of Sentencing Reform
69(12)
Contemporary Practices
73(1)
Habitual Offender Statutes
74(2)
Sentence Enhancements
76(1)
Consequences for Corrections
77(1)
Summary
78(1)
References
79(2)
Issues in the Incarceration of Death Row Inmates
81(14)
Litigation and Legislation
85(1)
Capital Sentencing
86(3)
Methods of Execution
89(2)
Summary
91(1)
References
92(1)
Cases
93(2)
Correctional Privatization and the Constitution
95(14)
Historical Issues
97(1)
Contemporary Initiatives
98(3)
42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Privatization of Prisons
101(3)
Summary
104(1)
References
105(2)
Cases
107(2)
Institutional Medical Care
109(12)
Leading Cases
110(3)
Recent Cases
113(4)
Systemic Impact
117(2)
Summary
119(1)
Cases
120(1)
Discipline and Inmate Control
121(10)
Development of the Issue
124(3)
Legal Decisions
127(1)
Summary
128(1)
References
129(1)
Cases
129(2)
Involuntary Civil Commitment of Sex Offenders
131(14)
Recent Decisions
134(1)
The Sexual Violent Predator Act (SVPA)
135(1)
The Act Satisfies Substantive Due Process Requirements
136(1)
Individual Liberty versus Public Safety
137(1)
Mental Illness and Mental Abnormality
138(1)
Double Jeopardy/Ex Post Facto Not Implicated by SVPA
139(1)
Treatment...For Now
140(1)
The Dissent: The SVPA Amounts to an Ex Post Facto Law
140(1)
Summary
141(1)
References
142(1)
Cases
143(2)
Looking to the Future
145(12)
Reducing Frivolous Complaints
145(1)
Conservative Trends
146(3)
Consent Decrees
149(1)
Trends in Litigation
150(4)
Access to the Courts, Libraries, and Legal Assistance
150(1)
Impact of the Prison Litigation Reform Act
150(1)
Impact of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA)
151(1)
Impact of Sentencing
151(1)
Issues in the Incarceration of Death Row Inmates
152(1)
Issues in Privatization
152(1)
Standards of Medical Care
153(1)
Discipline and Inmate Control
153(1)
Notification and Continued Confinement of Sexual Offenders
154(1)
Summary
154(3)
References 157

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