Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Prison gangs account for at least half of all prison problems.
2. The courts have always had a “hands-on” philosophy regarding prison administration, knowing that the deprivation of liberty is a profoundly important authority that might lead to abuses of power within penal institutions.
3. The Supreme Court has ruled that prison inmates have a constitutional right to adequate law libraries or assistance to persons trained in the law.
4. Prison inmates have no due process rights for internal prison disciplinary proceedings.
5. One of the most stressful pains of imprisonment, as indicated by Sykes, is the deprivation of goods and services because inmates miss access to food, entertainment, and services they have available on the outside.


1. True
2. False
3. True
4. False
5. False

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