{"id":1667,"date":"2020-03-02T06:52:51","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T06:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/?p=1667"},"modified":"2020-03-02T06:52:51","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T06:52:51","slug":"the-rights-due-to-all-inmates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/the-rights-due-to-all-inmates\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rights Due To all Inmates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Of course, being sentenced to prison involves having your rights curtailed. However, that doesn\u2019t mean that American inmates don\u2019t get basic human rights. The U.S Constitution has made provisions for the protection of basic rights of inmates\u2014even for the most hardened criminals. If you or someone close to you is facing incarceration, it\u2019s important to know what your rights are.<\/p>\n

The rights of an inmate can vary slightly depending on where they\u2019re being held, and what stage of the criminal process their case has reached. Inmates who\u2019re awaiting trial in jail\u2014and have opted against posting bail\u2014 hold the right to be kept in a humane facility and cannot be treated as convicts while they await trial. Inmates who have been convicted in a criminal court reserve the following rights.<\/p>\n

First Amendment Rights<\/h2>\n

While convicted prisoners do retain their basic First Amendment rights<\/a>, i.e. the right to practice religion and free speech, they can only exercise these rights to the extent that they don\u2019t interfere with their status as convicted prisoners. If an inmate\u2019s attempt to exercise their rights interferes with the correctional facility\u2019s legitimate orders, such as security and discipline, their rights will likely be curtailed. Prison officials will have a legitimate reason to read-emails, monitor outgoing communications, and scan incoming mail to ensure that it doesn\u2019t contain anything that could interfere with the objectives of the facility.<\/p>\n

\"Order<\/p>\n

Physical and Mental Health Care<\/h2>\n

Inmates have the right to receive mental health treatment and medical healthcare. However, the treatment they receive only has to \u201cadequate\u201d or reasonable. For instance, if an inmate has a tooth cavity, they\u2019re only entitled to a tooth extraction, and not dental filling.<\/p>\n

Quite often, even those with serious illnesses are only provided enough treatment to keep them pain free and reasonably comfortable, not necessarily to combat their illness or extend their life.<\/p>\n

Disabled Inmates<\/h2>\n

The American with Disabilities Act makes certain provisions for disabled prisoners. Under the Act, disabled inmates reserve the right to receive reasonable accommodations, and access to the same facilities as those who aren\u2019t disabled.<\/p>\n

Right to Complain About Access to Courts and Prison<\/h2>\n

Prisoners are entitled to file complaints regarding prison conditions and voice their concerns to both the courts and prison officials. Prisoners who have been denied these rights have had civil judgments passed in their favor against prison officials for instances such as being put in solitary confinement after voicing their concerns about prison conditions.<\/p>\n

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Of course, being sentenced to prison involves having your rights curtailed. However, that doesn\u2019t mean that American inmates don\u2019t get basic human rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1667"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1667"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1669,"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1667\/revisions\/1669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delaughterbailbonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}