An examination of the potential restrictions on speech or association that have been imposed by the regulations under challenge, demonstrates that the restrictions imposed are reasonable, and are consistent with the inmates' status as prisoners and with the legitimate operational considerations of the institution.
Secretary Powell has won victories on points of principle that he felt deeply, persuading the administration that the Geneva Conventions governed the handling of captured Taliban fighters, even if they were not granted status as prisoners of war, and arguing successfully that a new arms reduction agreement with Russia should take the form of a treaty ratified by the Senate.
Mr. Marlan said that the victim's family did not attend the public hearing in October because no one had registered to get notification of a prisoner's status, as is provided by the 1985 Crime Victims Rights Act.
Among the questions is whether the Geneva Conventions require a formal proceeding before captives are refused prisoner-of-war status, as many legal experts contend.
Equally as obvious, the inmate's "status as a prisoner" and the operational realities of a prison dictate restrictions on the associational rights among inmates.
Military prosecutors said during the trial that an acquittal would not change Hamdan's status as a prisoner.
The judge also rejected an argument that Mr. Noriega's status as a prisoner of war in the United States prohibited his extradition.
Judge William M. Hoeveler of United States District Court rejected arguments by Mr. Noriega's lawyers that his status as a prisoner of war in the United States required the Bush administration to return him to Panama.
There is not one scintilla of evidence to suggest that the Union has been utilized to disrupt the operation of the penal institutions". Id., at 944. "(A) prison inmate retains those First Amendment rights that are not inconsistent with his status as a prisoner or with the legitimate penological objectives of the corrections system.
In a prison context, an inmate does not retain those First Amendment rights that are "inconsistent with his status as a prisoner or with the legitimate penological objectives of the corrections system". Pell v. Procunier, supra, at 822, 94 S.Ct., at 2804.
Guzmán's status as a prisoner last time round was special – with access to luxuries, prostitutes and drugs – to such a degree that his extended family would join him to enjoy wild, days-long Christmas parties in prison, authorised, as Anabel Hernández shows, at the highest political level.
