For Most of Our History, Prisoners Have Been Considered Slaves

question 47

Multiple Choice

For most of our history, prisoners have been considered slaves of state corrections that is prisoners lose all of their rights when sentenced to prison. The Supreme Court rendered this decision in which infamous case?

• A) Wolff v. McDonnell
• B) Miranda v. Arizona
• C) Plessey v. Ferguson
• D) Ruffin v. Commonwealth of Virginia

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