Summary: Should Prisoners Lose Their Constitutional Rights While In Prison
Should Prisoners lose their Constitutional Rights while in Prison
As the number of prisoners increase within the prison systems today, a question has risen on should prisoners lose their constitutional rights while in prison. Constitutional rights are the rights that are granted to the citizens by the government. These rights can’t be taken away legally. The way a prisoner is treated is not based on their behaviors or what crime they’ve committed, but is left up to the administrators of the prison. “In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the federal courts began to oversee state prison systems and develop a body of law dealing with prisoners ' rights. During the 1980s, however, a more conservative Supreme Court limited prisoners …show more content…
No, because in some prisons, prisoners are being dehumanized and stripped away from their constitutional rights. Some prisons do not allow prisoners any to have the personal property they are guaranteed such as: watches, tobacco products, snacks, or toiletries, because they believe it will start up theft or gambling, but it’s a part of their constitutional rights to be able to have access to those things. Another constitutional right that prisoners are not granted is the right to free speech, which is the 1st amendment in the Bill of Rights. Prisoners are degraded and disciplined by employees for openly speaking on mistreatment within the system. Is this ethically right? No, because as the 1st amendment grants us this right. Since a person refuses to live by society’s rules, they do not receive the full benefits of the rest of the society when they become a felon. That’s understandable, but why grants constitutional rights that are said “can’t be taken away”, yet they still are. So to take away prisoners’ constitutional rights I think is unethical. Equality under the law should be highly enforced within every individual of the society. As long as they’re living, no one person should be treated better or badly because of the crime they committed. If we were to commit an offense would we want our rights taken away? We have to look at it from other prospective before we make a final decision and that’s what I
As the number of prisoners increase within the prison systems today, a question has risen on should prisoners lose their constitutional rights while in prison. Constitutional rights are the rights that are granted to the citizens by the government. These rights can’t be taken away legally. The way a prisoner is treated is not based on their behaviors or what crime they’ve committed, but is left up to the administrators of the prison. “In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the federal courts began to oversee state prison systems and develop a body of law dealing with prisoners ' rights. During the 1980s, however, a more conservative Supreme Court limited prisoners …show more content…
No, because in some prisons, prisoners are being dehumanized and stripped away from their constitutional rights. Some prisons do not allow prisoners any to have the personal property they are guaranteed such as: watches, tobacco products, snacks, or toiletries, because they believe it will start up theft or gambling, but it’s a part of their constitutional rights to be able to have access to those things. Another constitutional right that prisoners are not granted is the right to free speech, which is the 1st amendment in the Bill of Rights. Prisoners are degraded and disciplined by employees for openly speaking on mistreatment within the system. Is this ethically right? No, because as the 1st amendment grants us this right. Since a person refuses to live by society’s rules, they do not receive the full benefits of the rest of the society when they become a felon. That’s understandable, but why grants constitutional rights that are said “can’t be taken away”, yet they still are. So to take away prisoners’ constitutional rights I think is unethical. Equality under the law should be highly enforced within every individual of the society. As long as they’re living, no one person should be treated better or badly because of the crime they committed. If we were to commit an offense would we want our rights taken away? We have to look at it from other prospective before we make a final decision and that’s what I