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New York Work Release Suit Dismissed
Loaded on July 15, 1999
published in Prison Legal News
July, 1999, page 22
In the February, 1997, issue of PLN we reported Roucchio v. Coughlin, 923 F. Supp. 360 (ED NY 1996), which held that New York prisoners may have a due process liberty interest in work release status. In this ruling, the same court held that before a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 …
Filed under:
Work Release,
Disciplinary Hearings,
Disciplinary Litigation,
Qualified Immunity.
Location:
New York.
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