U.S. Supreme Court
Nov. 3, 2011
High court mulls inmates' rights in privately managed prisons
The U.S. Supreme Court signaled Tuesday it would deny inmates in privately managed federal prisons the same ability to enforce their constitutional rights as those in government run prisons.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court signaled Tuesday it would deny inmates in privately managed federal prisons the same ability to enforce their constitutional rights as those in government run prisons.
A majority of the justices seemed to find fault with a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision allowing a prisoner's constitutional lawsuit against private sector personnel at Taft Correction...
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