The right to privacy can be limited for security purposes. For instance, a prisoner does not have a right to toilet doors which can be locked from the inside (Citizens Information 1). The decisions of the Court have established that prison officers can properly monitor as well as record conversations of prisoners provided that the prisoner and his or her visitor have been cautioned that this will be carried out (The Free Dictionary 1).
According to John (1), in prison, there is deprivation of security. When imprisoned, a prisoner is placed into prolonged closeness with other convicts who in many instances do have a long past record of behaving violently and aggressively. This loss of security stirs up acute anxiety, not only for the reason that violent acts of aggression as well as exploitation might occur, but also for the reason that such behavior always calls into question the ability of the individual to survive in prison. The risk of getting infected with the HIV virus by a fellow prisoner via sexual activity, sharing needles utilized for injecting intravenous drugs as well as through unhygienic tattooing practices is another danger to the inmates’ personal security
There is also deprivation of liberty. Prisoners, mostly those serving their prison term in special handling units (SHUs) or maximum security facilities have to survive inside a world where the prisoners’ freedom of movement is strictly limited and regulated. In the case of long term inmates, freedom may be denied for a substantial part of their lives and may have severe consequences on prisoners’ mental health. The prisoner's loss of liberty take places at two levels; at first, through imprisonment to the correctional institution and next, through imprisonment inside the institution (John 2).
Conviction and imprisonment for serious crimes can also lead to the partial or total loss of the right to initiate a lawsuit not related to imprisonment or even is deprived of the right to enter into a contract. The right of an inmate to receive a pension or inherit property can be affected by different state laws (The Free Dictionary 2).
Works Cited
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