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Private Prison Disciplinary Action Subject to Colorado Court Review

Loaded on July 15, 1997 published in Prison Legal News July, 1997, page 14
Filed under: Private Prisons, Disciplinary Litigation. Location: Colorado.
The Colorado court of appeals held that state prison disciplinary codes apply to private prisons and are subject to judicial review. Patrick Murphy, a Colorado state prisoner, was placed in the Bent County Correctional Facility (BCCF), a privately owned and operated prison. Murphy was infracted for possession of heroin and …

 

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