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No Liberty Interest in Prison Jobs
Loaded on Dec. 15, 1991
published in Prison Legal News
December, 1991, page 8
No Liberty Interest In Prison JobsThe 7th circuit in an en bane ruling held that neither the due process clause nor Illinois statutes create a protected liberty interest in a prisoner holding one prison job over another.
Phillip Wallace is an Illinois state prisoner employed as a prison tailor …
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- Court Supports Supervisory Liability Claim
- Written Findings of Disciplinary Hearing Held Inadequate
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