Which Early Court Case Allowed for Prisons to Keep Inmates

question 46

Multiple Choice

Which early court case allowed for prisons to keep inmates in a slave-like "state of penal servitude"?

• A) Ruffin v. Commonwealth
• B) Ex parte Hull
• C) Cooper v. Pate
• D) Bell v. Wolfish

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