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_____ is an inmate who becomes skilled at generating legal complaints and grievances within the prison system.

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Correct Answer: Writ Writer

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Is totality of The Conditions a standard used to determine if conditions in an institution are in violation of the Eighth Amendment?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as a legal injury in which a person causes injury as the result of a violation of one’s duty as established by law.

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Correct Answer: Tort

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_____ is defined as verbal communication intended to lower the reputation of a person where such facts would actually be damaging to a reputation.

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Correct Answer: Slander

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_____ is prohibits the government from substantially burdening an inmate’s religious exercise.

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Correct Answer: Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000

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Is rational Basis Test sets guidelines for the rights of inmates that still allow correctional agencies to maintain security?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as legal immunity that shields correctional officers from lawsuits, but first requires them to demonstrate the grounds for their possession of immunity.

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Correct Answer: Qualified Immunity

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_____ is defined as monetary awards reserved for the person harmed in a malicious or willful manner by the guilty party.

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Correct Answer: Punitive Damages

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_____ is limits an inmate’s ability to file lawsuits and the compensation that he or she can receive.

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Correct Answer: Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA)

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Is one Hand On, One Hand Off Doctrine more conservative rulings are being handed down from the Court, reflecting an eclipse of the hands-off doctrine?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as doing what a reasonably prudent person would not do in similar circumstances or failing to do what a reasonably prudent person would do in similar circumstances.

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Correct Answer: Negligence

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_____ is defined as occurs when a criminal accusation is made without probable cause and for improper reasons.

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Correct Answer: Malicious Prosecution

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_____ is written communication intended to lower the reputation of a person where such facts would actually be damaging to a reputation.

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Correct Answer: Libel

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Is intentional Tort the actor, whether expressed or implied, was judged to have possessed intent or purpose to cause an injury?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as a court order that requires an agency to take some form of action(s) or to refrain from a particular action(s).

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Correct Answer: Injunction

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_____ is defined as the policy of the courts of avoiding intervention in prison operations.

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Correct Answer: Hands-off Doctrine

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_____ is the person acted in the honest belief that the action taken was appropriate under the circumstances.

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Correct Answer: Good Faith Defense

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Is emotional Distress refers to acts that lead to emotional distress of the client?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as some form of slander or libel that damages a person’s reputation.

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Correct Answer: Defamation

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_____ is defined as a judicial determination of the legal rights of the person bringing suit.

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Correct Answer: Declaratory Judgment

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_____ is an injunction against both individual defendants and their agency

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Correct Answer: Consent Decree

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Is compensatory Damages payments for the actual losses suffered by a plaintiff?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as protection for persons who work in positions that require unimpaired decision-making functions.

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Correct Answer: Absolute Immunity

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This case allows for the use of jail house lawyers to assist inmates in the preparation of legal documents if no other alternatives to accessing the courts exist.

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Correct Answer: Johnson v. Avery

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Prior to this case, it was common for prison officials to screen inmate mail, including legal mail.

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Correct Answer: Ex Parte Hull

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During the early history of corrections in the United States, the courts were actively involved in prison operations.

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Correct Answer: False

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The U.S. Supreme Court outlined the rational basis test in ______.

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Correct Answer: Turner v. Safley

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In this case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal courts are permitted to limit state prison populations if the conditions within the prisons are unconstitutional.

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Correct Answer: Brown v. Plata

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In prison settings, the ______ Amendment has limited applicability because, for the most part, inmates do not have a legitimate expectation of privacy while incarcerated.

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Correct Answer: Fourth

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In ______, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that prisoners must be given reasonable opportunities to exercise their religious beliefs.

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Correct Answer: Cruz v. Beto

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Prison staff may censure mail and other forms of written communications so long as there is a legitimate penological interest in doing so.

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Correct Answer: True

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The primary case that addresses law libraries is Bounds v. Smith.

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Correct Answer: True

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In Turner v. Safley, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a ban against inmate-to-inmate correspondences in different institutions within the state’s jurisdiction.

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Correct Answer: True

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All of the following are accurate statements about Section 1983 cases except this.

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Correct Answer: Public officials and private individuals can be sued.

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What test is used to determine if conditions in an institution violate the Eighth Amendment?

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Correct Answer: Totality of conditions

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This case permits state inmates to sue state officials in federal courts.

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Correct Answer: Cooper v. Pate

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Inmate release is one possible outcome of a successful tort case.

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Correct Answer: False

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Which of the following is not one of the guidelines established by Wolff v. McDonnell?

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Correct Answer: The prison must appoint counsel to represent the inmate in all proceedings.

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