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U.S. Supreme Court: Administrative Exhaustion Required for All Prisoner Section 1983 Suits

by John E. Dannenberg

The US Supreme Court ruled that under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), exhaustion of administrative remedies is required in all prisoner civil rights suits pertaining to prison life, regardless of whether they involve only general prison circumstances or whether they allege excessive force or some ...

 

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