Exam 9: Isolated Confinement and the Hole and Administrative Segregation

Due process is a concern only when liberty interests are at stake.

The Court applied the Austin standard to determine the eventual outcome of Sandin.

In __________, the Court addressed the assignment of supermax, stating it is protected by procedural due process.

The procedure used in placing a prisoner in administrative or disciplinary segregation depends on the existence of which of the following?

Discuss the differences in punitive isolation, administrative isolation, and supermax. Use any case law necessary to discuss these differences.

Which of the following explains the reasons for denial of cruel and unusual confinement conditions claims?

In which state does Wilkinson v. Austin take place?

Johnson v. California addressed the issues of racial classifications in prisons.

In Austin, if one reviewer declined to recommend a prisoner to supermax, the process was terminated.

Supermax prisons are synonymous with extreme isolation.

In __________, the Court refused to overturn the district court's holding that punitive isolation in sections of the Arkansas penal system violated the Eighth Amendment.

Explain the constitutional rights afforded to prisoners regarding the conditions of isolated confinement

For the right of counsel to attach, a prisoner must do which of the following?

Which of the following is an example of supermax conditions?

Which of the following is not a situation that has been deemed cruel and unusual punishment resulting from isolation?

Federal courts have rejected arguments that isolated confinement is unconstitutional.

Which three issues did Wilkinson v. Austin address, and in which order were they addressed?

There is a minimum standard on the number of days that will constitute cruel and unusual punishment for punitive isolation.

Summarize the Supreme Court case of Wilkinson v. Austin and its importance.

Administrative isolation is isolation from the general population imposed as a penalty for violating institutional rules.