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Arizona DOC's Endless Isolation of Suspected Gang Member Enjoined
Loaded on May 15, 2002
by Roger Smith
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2002, page 18
Afederal District Court in Arizona recently enjoined Arizona Department of Corrections (ADOC) officials from indefinitely isolating a prisoner whom they suspect to be a gang member.
Filed under:
Gang Policies,
Disciplinary Hearings,
Liberty Interests,
Injunctions,
Ad-Seg Hearings.
Location:
Arizona.
Mark Koch, an Arizona prisoner and successful prison litigator of long standing, was placed in solitary confinement (SMU II) in 1996 at the Florence, ...
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