This document outlines an assignment for a course on inmates' rights and special circumstances. The assignment requires students to write a 3-5 page paper analyzing: 1) the legal mechanisms inmates can use to challenge their confinement and whether such challenges are costly for the government; 2) four management issues arising from inmates with special needs and recommendations to address each issue; and 3) whether supermax housing violates the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Students must use at least three quality references and follow specific formatting guidelines. The assignment aims to help students analyze issues in corrections and propose improvements.

1. Assignment 4: Inmates Rights and Special Circumstances
Due Week 8 and worth 150 points
According to the preamble to the U.S. Constitution, one (1) of
the founding philosophies of the United States is that each
person, citizen or not, is endowed with certain permanent rights.
This philosophy extends even to people who have committed
crimes that warrant prison sentences. Imagine that you are a
commissioner on the Board of State Prison, and you are
responsible for making recommendations regarding inmate
rights and special circumstances. Use the Internet to research
costs that an inmate could incur if he or she chooses to
challenge his or her confinement.
Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:
Analyze the legal mechanisms in which an inmate can challenge
his or her confinement. Support or refute the cost of such
challenges to the state and / or federal government. Provide a
rationale for your response.
Examine the four (4) management issues that arise as a result of
inmates with special needs. Prepare one (1) recommendation for
each management issue that effectively neutralizes each
concern. Provide a rationale for your response.
Determine whether the use of supermax housing violates
offenders’ rights against “cruel and unusual punishment,” as
guaranteed by the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Justify your response.
Use at least three (3) quality references.
Note:
Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic
resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references
must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the

2. student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the
date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
Recommend improvements to selected areas of corrections.
Analyze various issues in corrections, including effective
community corrections programs, probation and parole, and
reentry strategies.
Propose specific components of an institutional facility model
based on effective management policies and procedures for a
specified group of inmates.
Analyze key issues involved with the correctional staff.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in
correctional facility policies.
Write clearly and concisely about correctional facility policies
using proper writing mechanics.