Religious Freedom and Prisoner Rights: An Analysis

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How does one define religious freedom and prisoner rights? Religious freedom is defined in the First Amendment “to practice his or her own religious, or no religion at all”. Religious Freedom was established to help individuals express and/or practice their own beliefs without anyone having to say what they can’t believe in or practice. Prisoner rights under the eighth amendment, paraphrase Prisoners do not have full Constitutional rights as anyone else but they do have protection Constitution’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment. Yet each of these basic rights for someone gets violated in the correctional system, the definition of these words get stretched by people who have the higher authority to use them to their own advantage. Religious freedom shouldn’t be taken away from someone who was given that natural born right even if the person is seen as criminal by the state or country.
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To a certain extent religious freedom should be given however if it a religion or practice that calls harm or danger to someone or someones’ then no because no prisoner who is set to be sentenced for a long period of time isn’t going to add more time to their sentencing because whoever they believe in higher power calls for actions of violence. Founded by Thomas Jefferson and other founder’s religious freedom is inalienable right that can’t be taken away by the government. Four foundations that support legal rights of prisoner rights. 1. Constitutions: list the basic rights of individuals and individuals do not lose these rights when they are incarcerated. However, government interests make it impossible for individuals to keep all their rights due to safety, security, rehabilitation, etc. 2. Statutes: laws passed by elected officials and may provide inmates with specific rights beyond those addressed in the

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