Canadian Coalition Against Death Penalty v. Ryan.U.S. District Court PROHIBITION Canadian Coalition Against Death Penalty v. Ryan, 269 F.Supp.2d 1199 (D.Ariz. 2003). A prisoner rights advocacy group that maintained Internet websites brought an action seeking a declaration that a state statute that prohibited pro·hib·it tr.v. pro·hib·it·ed, pro·hib·it·ing, pro·hib·its 1. To forbid by authority: Smoking is prohibited in most theaters. See Synonyms at forbid. 2. prison inmates from sending mail to, or receiving mail from, a communication service provider or from having access to the Internet through a provider, was unconstitutional unconstitutional adj. referring to a statute, governmental conduct, court decision or private contract (such as a covenant which purports to limit transfer of real property only to Caucasians) which violate one or more provisions of the U. S. Constitution. . The district court held that the plaintiffs had standing to challenge the statute, and that the statute was not rationally related to legitimate penological pe·nol·o·gy also poe·nol·o·gy n. The study, theory, and practice of prison management and criminal rehabilitation. [Latin poena, penalty (from Greek objectives, and was therefore unconstitutional. The court noted that the actual enforcement of the statute was directed at prisoners, and that existing regulations and statutes already precluded the targeted conduct. (Arizona Department of Corrections The Arizona Department of Corrections is in charge of the incarceration of tens of thousands of inmates in the U.S. state of Arizona. The ADC also manages over 4,000 inmates who have been paroled or that are statutorily released. ) |
|
||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion