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Automatic Oregon Death Row Confinement Pending Resentencing Enjoined

Loaded on June 3, 2015 by Mark Wilson published in Prison Legal News June, 2015, page 42
Filed under: Attorneys General, Death Row, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement. Location: Oregon.

Automatic Oregon Death Row Confinement Pending Resentencing Enjoined

by Mark Wilson

On October 10, 2014, an Oregon federal judge enjoined prison officials from automatically segregating death sentenced prisoners who have had their sentences vacated and are awaiting resentencing.

Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) prisoners are assigned custody levels pursuant to ...

 

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