The United States Civil Rights - 3535 Words

When citizens of society break federal and state laws they face a punishment known as â€Å" jail† or â€Å" prison†, which purpose is to not only to serve as a punishment but to also act as a program designed to help convicts enter back in to the society as a better person. As citizens of the United States we have civil rights granted to us from the U.S. Constitution that are not meant to just be taken away from us whenever the correctional system feels like it. Many people believe that once a person is put into prison that all of the prisoners’ rights are stripped form them, which is an untrue statement. Some of the basic prisoner laws state that all prisoners must be respected to and their life valued as a human being, it should be no type or†¦show more content†¦On November 8, 1973 a man by the name of J.W Gamble was an inmate of a prison in Texas, which who was performing a prison assignment and was severely injured while on the job. On February 11, 1974 the inmate decided to make a complaint about the treatment that he received prior to getting injured while performing a task. After taking this complaint to the board by submitting a Pro se, which is for one’s own behalf: in person appearing for oneself as in the case of one who does not retain a lawyer and appears for himself or herself in court according to legal dictionary. The district court judge by the name of Sue Sponte decided to dismiss this complaint because the inmate did not make a complain that the medical staff could treat so the judge required the inmate to make a different complaint about his the injuries he suffered. The Inmates original complaint stated that he was injured on the job when a heavy basket of cotton fell on the inmate while taking materials off of a truck. Even though the inmate was injured he proceeded to work until 4 hours later, he soon started to feel fatigue and became stiff, and because of the intense pain the inmate was granted a pass to a local hospital to receive an examination. At the hospital the doctor only checked the inmate for a hernia and sent him back to prison, after returning back to prison the inmate suffered from another rage of severe pain, which sent him