Inmates Should Be Allowed Due Process Research Paper

I do think that inmates should be afforded the same due process as the general public. Due process is protected under the Fourth and Fifth Amendment. The Fifth Amendment stated, “No person shall be…deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law (Cripes, pg. 201)”. It does not excluded races, nationality, social status, gender or location of the person (i.e. inmates) as part of the writing. Therefore, inmates are allowed due process however since they are in prison the extent of liberty and property are limited. Often inmates’ reference due process concerning the disciplinary action taken by official which infringe on their liberty and property. For example, in Sandin v Conner, the reduction of the inmate liberty was found
to “within the array of confinement to be normally expected” in correctional facility (Cripes, pg. 219). The punishment resulted from the inmate action within the correctional facility.