Inmate World VS. - created from Mind Map

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Legal World

Inmates have a social hierarchy, this gives some inmates more power than others. ( These roles are sometimes forced on inmates)

https://www.corrections1.com/corrections/articles/what-is-the-inmate-pecking-order-BKB98Bj8epCzS28U/

There is a set or rules or "codes" that inmates grow to learn and follow. ( Don't trust the staff, Be Tough, Don't Snitch on other inmates, Don't borrow from anyone)

a climate of distrust between the inmates towards guards & other faculty

The "tough Guy" persona is prevalent amongst inmates, 'No whining" "No snitching"

unspoken rule of not exploiting other inmates

Prisoners rights have four legal foundations: the U.S Constitution, Federal statutes, State constitutions and State statutes.

Inmates can challenge their confinement, associated prison conditions and the practices of correctional officers with: a state habeas corpus action, federal habeas corpus action, state tort lawsuit, federal civil rights lawsuit and a petition for injunctive relief.

The constitutional right to no cruel and unusual punishment

https://www.fjc.gov/history/spotlight-judicial-history/eighth-amendment-prison-litigation

Writ of habeas corpus.

the constitutional guarantee of free speech, due process , religion & other private & personal rights