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Washington Prisoners Have No Right to Earned Time
Loaded on June 15, 1996
published in Prison Legal News
June, 1996, page 20
The state court of appeals for Division III has held that Washington state prisoners have no constitutional or statutory right to be allowed to earn "earned time" credits. Dagoberto Galvez was placed in administrative segregation where he was not allowed to earn "earned time" credits to reduce his sentence. Galvez …
Filed under:
Disciplinary Hearings,
Liberty Interests,
Good Time,
Ad-Seg Hearings.
Location:
Washington.
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