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Ad-Seg Placement Without Hearing Illegal
Loaded on Oct. 15, 1994
published in Prison Legal News
October, 1994, page 7
Huey Wright is a New York state prisoner. In 1983 Wright was attacked in his cell by two other prisoners and placed in segregation on disciplinary charges. Three days later the disciplinary charges were dismissed by a hearing officer but Wright was retained in the Special Housing Unit (SHU) for …
Filed under:
Qualified Immunity,
Supervisory Liability,
Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement,
Ad-Seg Hearings.
Location:
New York.
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