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In reply to the discussion: An incarcerated teacher taught his students that Jim Crow literacy tests were racist. Then he got fired. [View all]NanaCat
(2,332 posts)28. This is a shameful understanding of prisoner rights.
As per the ACLU:
In Turner v. Safley (1987), the U.S. Supreme Court made clear that [p]rison walls do not form a barrier separating inmates from the protections of the Constitution. Individuals retain certain fundamental rights, even when incarcerated.
For instance, they retain many free speech rights, such as:
Having the right to criticize prison conditions in their communications with people inside and outside the prison;
Having the right to express their political viewpoints and receive letters, books, magazines and etc that express said political viewpoint, as long as it is not seditious or violent in nature;
Not having speech or reception of letters, books, magazines and so on restricted for arbitrary reasons;
Are those free speech rights the same as outside the prison walls? Of course not, but they are nowhere near eradicated altogether, either.
Cannot believe that so many right here on DU think that prisoners don't retain certain fundamental rights.
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An incarcerated teacher taught his students that Jim Crow literacy tests were racist. Then he got fired. [View all]
WhiskeyGrinder
Mar 2024
OP
Nathan Tucker is full of shit. If the literacy test was so important, then why were they only applied in towns that ...
marble falls
Mar 2024
#1
The only problem is that his claim of violation of his Constitutional rights might not work.
4lbs
Mar 2024
#8
oh so if he was "teaching other inmates" maybe "teacher" would be a better term? instructor could work too
WhiskeyGrinder
Mar 2024
#18
Then you should understand he's doing the right thing - working through his punishment and improving ...
marble falls
Mar 2024
#32
What the victim may or may not have been is speculation and not part of the equation. When we ...
marble falls
Mar 2024
#35
Not that is makes it any worse or better, but not only in America. Racism rears it's ugly head anywhere it can.
marble falls
Mar 2024
#29