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Massachusetts Supreme Court: 90 Days in Segregation on Awaiting Action Status without Hearing Violates Due Process

Loaded on Jan. 15, 2014 published in Prison Legal News January, 2014, page 26
Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Liberty Interests, Sanctions (Disciplinary Hearings), Prompt Hearings. Location: Massachusetts.
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts has ruled that prisoners held in segregated confinement on “awaiting action” status are entitled to due process protections, and such prisoners may not be kept in segregation longer than 90 days without a hearing.

The Court’s November 27, 2012 decision resolved a civil rights ...

 

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