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Apr 16, 2024
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CRMJ 2205 - Constitutional Rights of Inmates
This course examines the rights afforded to incarcerated inmates. Even though these felons are imprisoned, placed on parole or community supervision, convicted felons and inmates still have civil rights under the U.S. Constitution and afforded by U.S. Supreme Court rulings. Students will review the historical view on inmate’s rights and the contemporary application of civil rights including the right to humane conditions of confinement, civil and criminal liabilities, and access to legal services, rights in administrative and disciplinary proceedings. Additionally students will explore the legal liability, under color of law, for corrections officials regarding conditions of confinement, access to medical services and protecting inmates from harm.
Credits: 3
General Education Requirement: None
Minimum Student Competencies
Upon completion of CRMJ2205 Constitutional Rights of Inmates , the student will:
- Identify the key constitutional amendment associated with due process (5th).
- Define the term “color of law” as it related to the federal law referring to government officials (civil rights act of 1871 (42 U.S.C.A. Section 1983).
- Identify the sources of law as it relates to the judicial processes affecting incarcerated felons.
- Articulate the development of rules of evidence in the United States related to state and federal courts, as it applies to incarcerated individuals.
- Identify and discuss the constitutional amendment associated with search, seizure and the admissibility of evidence (4th).
- Differentiate between the various components of courtroom procedure(s).
- Examine the constitutional amendment associated with self-incrimination (5th), witness testimony.
- Describe the use of “habeas corpus” as a recourse by inmates in law to report an unlawful detention or conditions of imprisonment.
- Express the significance, and changes which were enacted, of supreme court rulings as they relate to conditions of confinement.
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