Due Process definition

Due process means prison officials are not
supposed to restrict your access to courts or
lawyers, or punish you (take away your property or
your liberty, even within prison) without fair
procedures.
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are
known as the “Bill of Rights.” Technically, these
amendments apply only to actions by the federal
government, not to actions by state officials. However,
the courts have ruled that the Due Process Clause of the
Fourteenth Amendment “incorporates” most of the Bill
of Rights. This means when a state or local official
does something that is prohibited by one of the first ten
amendments, it is a violation of the Due Process Clause
of the Fourteenth Amendment.