Deck 8: Inmate Litigation and the Constitution: Barbara Belbot Michael Cavanaugh

Question 1

What was the "hands-off" doctrine?

A) The unwritten policy by the courts of nonintervention into the correctional system.
B) The unwritten policy by corrections officials ending corporal punishment in prisons.
C) The unwritten policy by federal officials letting states run their own prisons.
D) The unwritten policy by inmates showing restraint against correctional officials.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

What Latin term refers to a common court filing arguing that someone is illegally detained?

A) Pro se.
B) Habeas corpus.
C) In forma pauperis.
D) Carpe diem.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which act passed by Congress restricted inmate litigation and judicial intervention in corrections?

A) Inmate Litigation Reduction Act.
B) Prison Lawsuit Improvement Act.
C) Prison Litigation Reform Act.
D) Inmate Lawsuit Modification Act.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which "test" says that a prison regulation is constitutional if it is reasonably related to legitimate penological interests?

A) Turner test.
B) Estelle test.
C) Yeskey test.
D) Lewis test.

Question 5

Which U.S. Supreme Court was influential in the prison litigation explosion in the 1960s?

A) The Roberts Court.
B) The Kennedy Court.
C) The Johnson Court.
D) The Warren Court.

Question 6

Which act passed by Congress did the Court find constitutional in Cutter v. Wilkinson (2005)?

A) Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
B) Prison Litigation Reform Act.
C) Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.
D) Prison Lawsuit Improvement Act.

Question 7

Which federal judge was in charge of improvements over the Texas prison system?

A) Judge William Justice.
B) Judge William Rehnquist.
C) Judge Earl Warren.
D) Judge Marilyn McShane.

Question 8

Which is NOT a due process protection for inmates facing solitary confinement or loss of good time under Wolff v. McDonnell (1974)?

A) Notice of charges.
B) Right to produce evidence.
C) Right to cross-examine witnesses.
D) Written statement for the reasons behind the ruling.

Question 9

Which is NOT a requirement under the PLRA?

A) Inmates must exhaust administrative remedies before filing suit.
B) Inmates must have a physical injury to file a claim for monetary damages.
C) In granting relief, judges must use the least intrusive means for fixing the problem.
D) Inmates, under the three-strikes provision, are barred from filing suit if their cases have been dismissed three times.

Question 10

What is a jailhouse lawyer?

A) A licensed attorney serving time behind bars.
B) A licensed attorney who works with inmates in prisons and jails.
C) An inmate who has knowledge in filing court papers but does not have a law license.
D) An inmate chosen by correctional officials to serve as a prosecutor or a defense attorney in the mock trials conducted in prisons and jails.