Constitutional Law―Trapping Inmates: Due Process Analysis Applied to Privilege Against Self-Incrimination——McKune v. Lile, 536 U.S. 24 (2002)

The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees an individual the right against self-incrimination.  The compulsion component protects individuals from particular coercive threats or penalties that the State imposes upon an individual refusing to testify against himself.  In McKune v. Lile, the Court considered whether an inmate, who refused based on his privilege against self-incrimination to participate in a required rehabilitation program, was unconstitutionally compelled when the prison threatened to transfer him to a maximum security facility.  The Court concluded that the rehabilitation program requirements and consequences for nonparticipation did not amount to a prohibited compulsion under the Fifth Amendment. . . .