RICHMOND, Va. — A lawyer for a South Carolina inmate told a federal appeals court Tuesday that the prisoner’s constitutional rights were violated when his visitation privileges were suspended for two years without proof that he had done anything wrong.
Jerome Williams, an inmate at Evans Correctional Institution, claims the suspension violated his rights of association and due process, as well as the constitution’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.
“Inmates do not lose all their constitutional rights just because they are incarcerated,” Williams’ attorney, Kirsten E. Small, told a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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3 comments:
Hey, I've got a crazy idea! Avoid committing crimes that send you to bad places like jail, where you have no "rights", because you will do as you are told. Every Day. You are not asked to "like" it! This is how it is. It's JAIL, which, BTW, is a place where you are PUNISHED FOR BAD BEHAVIOR. So, explain to me why punishment should be fun?
I'm sorry, I got off on a tangent there. What was your complaint?
Really....hmm, where does the Constitution state that "inmates have a right to visit?"
another pot smoking judge form the 60's crowd...
5:40 PM
Your whole comment is wrong.
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