(DOWNLOAD) "Bell v. Wolfish Et Al." by Supreme Court of the United States " Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Bell v. Wolfish Et Al.
- Author : Supreme Court of the United States
- Release Date : January 14, 1979
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 116 KB
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Over the past five Terms, this Court has in several decisions considered constitutional challenges to prison conditions or practices by convicted prisoners. This case requires us to examine the constitutional rights of pretrial detainees -- those persons who have been charged with a crime but who have not yet been tried on the charge. The parties concede that to ensure their presence at trial, these persons legitimately may be incarcerated by the Government prior to a determination of their guilt or innocence, infra, at 533-535, and n. 15; see 18 U. S. C. ?? 3146, 3148, and it is the scope of their rights during this period of confinement prior to trial that is the primary focus of this case.