Programms- prisoner.U.S. District Court ALCOHOL/DRUG Garvin v. Terhune 157 F.Supp.2d 416 (D.N.J. 2001). A prisoner brought a [ss] 1983 action challenging the decision by prison officials to deny him reduced custody status because he refused to participate in a drug treatment program that had a religious component. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants, finding that compelling the prisoner to participate in the program in order to receive reduced custody status did not violate his constitutional rights, even assuming he was not in need of the program. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the court, where the drug treatment program was not oppressive, punitive or otherwise harsh in its consequences, it was within prison officials' discretion to order the inmate to participate in the program in order to receive reduced custody status. The inmate objected to the Nu Way Drug Treatment Program, which is operated by a private provider, and is modeled on the 12 step program of Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), worldwide organization dedicated to the treatment of alcoholics; founded 1935 by two alcoholics, one a New York broker, the other an Ohio physician. and Narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. Anonymous. (South Woods State Prison, Bridgeton, New Jersey Bridgeton is a city in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States, in the south part of the state, on Cohansey creek, near Delaware Bay. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 22,771. It is the county seat of Cumberland CountyGR6. ) U.S. District Court SEX OFFENDERS Jones v. Puckett. 160 F.Supp.2d 1016 (W.D.Wis. 2001). A prisoner brought a [ss] 1983 action against two corrections officials for violation of his Fourteenth Amendment Fourteenth Amendment, addition to the U.S. Constitution, adopted 1868. The amendment comprises five sections. Section 1 Section 1 of the amendment declares that all persons born or naturalized in the United States are American citizens and citizens rights in labeling him as a sex offender without due process. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants. The court held that the prisoner did not have a liberty interest in not being identified as a sex offender in prison records, noting that evaluation of the needs of prisoners was a normal prison procedure and such evaluations were not made a matter of public knowledge in such a way that would constitute a stigma. The court also found that the defendants were entitled to qualified immunity Qualified immunity is a doctrine in United States law providing immunity from suit to government officials performing discretionary functions when their action did not violate clearly established law. Qualified immunity was created by the U.S. because, at the time of the prisoner's evaluation, no law held that an inmate had a Fourteenth Amendment liberty interest in not being so classified. (Oshkosh Correctional Institution Noun 1. correctional institution - a penal institution maintained by the government detention camp, detention home, detention house, house of detention - an institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile , Wisconsin) |
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