Define and explain the 1996 Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA). Why was this act needed? Who benefitted from the passage of this act? Be comprehensive in your response
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Requires inmates to exhaust their prison's grievance procedure before filing a lawsuit.
Requires judges to screen all inmate complaints against the federal government and to immediately dismiss those deemed frivolous or without merit.
Prohibits prisoners from filing a lawsuit for mental or emotional injury unless they can also show there has been physical injury.
Requires inmates to pay court filing fees. Prisoners who don't have the needed funds can pay the filing fee over a period of time through deductions to their prison commissary accounts.
Limits the award of attorneys' fees in successful lawsuits brought by inmates.
Revokes the credits earned by federal prisoners toward early release if they file a malicious lawsuit.
Mandates that court orders affecting prison administration cannot go any further than necessary to correct a violation of a particular inmate's civil rights.
Makes it possible for state officials to have court orders lifted after two years unless there is a new finding of a continuing violation of federally guaranteed civil rights.
Mandates that any court order requiring the release of prisoners due to overcrowding be approved by a three-member court before it can become effective.
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A. anti-authority ethos B. anomie/strain C. diathesis/stress model D. dialectic/ethos
Which of the following is an implication of Loeber and colleagues’ (1997, 1999) pathways model?
A. It challenges the age-crime curve in its entirety. B. It provides detailed, visual support for the age–crime curve. C. It challenges the notion that youth who engage in earlier delinquency tend to engage in later delinquency. D. It supports macro-level theorizing on delinquency.
Truth-in-sentencing laws have had a greater effect on population growth in state prisons than in federal prisons
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Identify Wall’s (2007) three types of online offending.
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