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Evidence Must Be Presented at Disciplinary Hearing
Loaded on Dec. 15, 1991
published in Prison Legal News
December, 1991, page 8
Evidence Must Be Presented At Disciplinary Hearing
Filed under:
Evidentiary Ruling (Disciplinary Hearings),
Immunity/Liability,
Qualified Immunity.
Location:
Pennsylvania.
Eddie Griffin, a Pennsylvania state prisoners was infracted for possessing a fermented beverage. Prison guards destroyed the liquid in question prior to the disciplinary hearing. At the hearing Griffin was found "guilty" solely on the basis of the guards infraction report. Griffin then …
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- Court Supports Supervisory Liability Claim
- Written Findings of Disciplinary Hearing Held Inadequate
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