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Three inmates, all african americans, have felt segregated from the rest of the prison and have felt that their privileges for recreation, meals, and religious practices have been ignored. the prison in which the three men in question have been housed for years has been allowed to operate under a policy that allows prison administration a free hand in running the institution even if it violates the inmate's rights. this is called the ___________________.

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This is called the "Hands-off doctrine".

The hands-off doctrine law implied that courts grasped a 'hands-off' way to deal with jail organization, guidelines, and conditions. That implied detainees didn't have any rights under the law and could be dealt with as slaves to the state.
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