Criminal Courts and Corrections

Part 1: Listed below are several key Supreme Court decisions that resulted in a clarification of inmate rights. Choose any one of the cases listed below.  Summarize the facts of the case, the issue that needed to be resolved, the court’s decision, and the reasoning behind the decision.

• Helling v. McKinney (1993)
• Washington v. Harper (1990)
• Hudson v. Palmer (1984)
• Bell v. Wolfish (1979)
• Bounds v. Smith (1977)
• Estelle v. Gamble (1976)
• Wolff v. McDonnell (1974)