POSC 130g Chapter Notes -Mass Incarceration, Article Five Of The United States Constitution, Decision Points
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In 2009, a three judge federal court in a case then titled coleman v. Chapter 1: total incapacitation: california in 1970 became the home of the nation"s most progressive correctional systems, number of prisoners has increased a ton in 2009 california had the second highest imprisonment rate - increased. Chapter 4: torture on the installment plan: the claim that containment alone reduces risk is unconstitutional, the right to adequate health care game in the landmark case estelle v. It wasn"t a question of whether or not the inmates revived adequate medical treatment, it actually called the injury of cali prisoners that stood condemned: ruled that health care in prisons are completely unacceptable. Class action lawsuit: supreme court of california told them to do something about it. Chapter 5: places of extreme peril: plata should have shaken the foundations of california"s political and legal establishment to its foundation o.