What Was the "Hands-Off" Doctrine

question 7

Multiple Choice

What was the "hands-off" doctrine?

• A) The unwritten policy by the courts of nonintervention into the correctional system.
• B) The unwritten policy by corrections officials ending corporal punishment in prisons.
• C) The unwritten policy by federal officials letting states run their own prisons.
• D) The unwritten policy by inmates showing restraint against correctional officials.

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