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Receiving State is Agent of Sending State; Qualified Immunity Examined
Loaded on Jan. 15, 1992
published in Prison Legal News
January, 1992, page 4
Receiving State Is Agent Of Sending State; Qualified Immunity Examined
Filed under:
Classification,
Out of State Transfers,
Transfers,
Sanctions (Disciplinary Hearings),
Qualified Immunity,
Ad-Seg Hearings.
Location:
Iowa.
An Iowa prisoner was under punitive segregation when he was transferred to the Texas prison system and released to the general population. When he was later transferred back to Iowa, the prisoner was returned to punitive segregation, without a hearing. …
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