This lesson provides legal training for jailers and correctional officers through an analysis of three Target Cases answering the following questions:

• When can a pre-trial detainee’s confinement constitute unconstitutional punishment?

• When may jailers rely on a medical professional’s judgment as to appropriate medical care for an inmate?

• Can jailers continue to detain an individual—to check the individual’s immigration status—after he or she is supposed to be released?