Deck 4: Rights to Visitation and Association

Question 1

The __________ of the U.S. Constitution details inmates' rights to visitation and association.

A) First Amendment
B) Fourth Amendment
C) Fifth Amendment
D) Fourteenth Amendment

Answer 1

First Amendment

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a specific type of association discussed in the textbook?

A) Conjugal visits
B) Media interviews
C) Pet visits
D) Meeting with attorneys

Answer 2

Pet visits

Question 3

In __________, the Supreme Court ruled that the regulations in place regarding prisoners' visitation bore a rational relation to legitimate penological interests since the regulations were in response to prison security problems

A) Overton v. Bazzetta
B) Block v. Rutherford
C) Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' union
D) Pell v. Procunier

Answer 3

Overton v. Bazzetta

Question 4

According to the text, which of the following are reasonable restrictions to prisoners' visitation?

A) Prisoners who committed multiple substance-abuse violations
B) Parental rights being terminated upon a child visiting
C) Former prisoners who are not immediate family members
D) All of the above

Question 5

In __________, pretrial detainees' visitation rights are determined by the Supreme Court

A) Overton v. Bazzetta
B) Block v. Rutherford
C) Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' union
D) Pell v. Procunier

Question 6

Which of the following is not a union formation characteristic that the Supreme Court addressed?

A) Working conditions
B) Union meetings
C) Bulk mailing
D) Members soliciting other prisoners

Question 7

In Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Union, the Supreme Court stated the restriction of union members to solicit is not a violation of __________, and prohibiting bulk mailing is not a violation of __________.

A) The First Amendment; the First Amendment
B) The Fourteenth Amendment, the Due Process Clause
C) The First Amendment; the Equal Protection Clause
D) The Equal Protection Clause; the Fourteenth Amendment

Question 8

The Supreme Court ruled on conjugal visits in the case of:

A) Polakoff v. Henderson
B) Lyons v. Gilligan
C) Champion v. Artuz
D) None of the above

Question 9

According to the Supreme Court, reasons justifying the restriction of media interviews include all of the following EXCEPT:

A) There are alternative channels to communication
B) Prisons need to be protected from negative media attention
C) Interviews and information are not available to the general public
D) Restrictions must operate in a neutral fashion

Question 10

Which of the following is an example of an alternative means to communication for prisoners?

A) Visit with family and friends
B) Free access to the courts
C) Can conduct unlimited confidential correspondence
D) All of the above

Question 11

In __________, the Supreme Court ruled jails' and penal institutions' degree of openness to the media is a question of policy, not the court.

A) Pell v. Procunier
B) Saxbe v. Washington Post Company
C) Houchins v. KQED
D) Souza v. Travisono

Question 12

Which Supreme Court case ruled on whether paraprofessionals and law students could visit a prisoner in place of an attorney?

A) Pell v. Procunier
B) Saxbe v. Washington Post Company
C) Houchins v. KQED
D) Souza v. Travisono

Question 13

According to the Supreme Court, prison officials can place reasonable restrictions on visitations with legal assistance. Which of the following is NOT a restriction prison officials can place on visitations?

A) The place
B) The attendance
C) The manner
D) The time

Question 14

Totally disallowing contact visits is excessive.

Question 15

Visitation is within the prison officials' discretion and is not subject to judicial intervention at any means.

Question 16

A visitor must be on an approved list before they can visit a prisoner.

Question 17

Prohibiting bulk mailing and meeting rights does not violate the Equal Protection Clause.

Question 18

In Lyons v. Gilligan, the federal court held that the refusal of conjugal visits does violate a marriage's privacy.

Question 19

Overton v. Bazzetta did not specifically address whether prison regulations suspending certain prisoners' visitation privileges violated the Fourteenth Amendment's procedural due process guarantee.

Question 20

The Supreme Court has not ruled on any cases regarding conjugal visitations.

Question 21

According to the Saxbe v. Washington Post Company ruling on media interviews, prison institutions are protected by the general rule that nobody may enter the prison and designate a prisoner whom he would like to visit.

Question 22

Regarding visitation, most courts defer to the authority of the prison officials to make decisions.

Question 23

Constitutional rights may not be curtailed in order to achieve the legitimate purposes of imprisonment.

Question 24

The Supreme Court cases of Pell v. Procunier and Saxbe v. Washington Post Company were companion cases questioning the constitutionality of the same federal regulation at issue in Seattle-Tacoma Newspaper Guild v. Parker.

Question 25

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the refusal to allow contact visits for pretrial detainees needs to be related to the goal of maintaining order and security in the jail, and can be used as a form of punishment.

Question 26

Explain the differences between the different types of visitation and association in prisons and jails.

Question 27

Summarize the prevailing case law on media interviews of prisoners.

Question 28

Discuss who is allowed and who is prohibited from visiting prisoners and the reasons why.