× You've used up your 3 free articles for this month. Subscribe today.

Blood for Good Time Creates Liberty Interest

Loaded on May 15, 2007

Filed under: Medical, Medical Experiments/Exploitation, Blood, Good Time. Location: Rhode Island.

A federal district court in Rhode Island held that a Rhode Island statute giving prisoners time off their sentences in exchange for blood donations by prisoners created a liberty interest. Prisoner plaintiff was transferred out of state where he could not reduce his prison sentence by donating blood. He filed …

Full article and associated cases available to subscribers.

As a digital subscriber to Prison Legal News, you can access full text and downloads for this and other premium content.

Subscribe today

Already a subscriber? Login

More from these topics:

Prisoners in Oklahoma Can Now Buy Vapes, Pouches from Commissary, April 1, 2026. Medical, Statistics/Trends, Commissary, Prison Regulations.
Texas State Jails Fail: Institutions Conceived as Safe Spots for Rehabilitation After Minor Drug Convictions Now Flooded With Drugs and Major Felons, March 1, 2026. Drug Overdose, Staffing, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Good Time, Drug Treatment/Rehab.
Minnesota Study Shows Disproportionate Rate of Health and Mental Problems for Recently Incarcerated, March 1, 2026. Racial Discrimination, Medical, Statistics/Trends, Mental Health, Health care.
Alabama Supreme Court Denies DOC’s Improper Venue Objection, Jan. 1, 2026. Defenses, Good Time, Habeas Corpus, Failure to Object, Authority and Jurisdiction.
Third Circuit Rules Awarding BOP Prisoners 54 Days of Good Time Per Year Is Pro-Rated, Jan. 1, 2026. Good Time, First Step Act, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Statutory Construction/Interpretation, Credits.
CDCR May No Longer Use Sentence Credits to Advance Parole Eligibility of Some California Prisoners Serving Indeterminate Sentences, Dec. 1, 2025. Good Time, Constitution, state, Sentence, Credits, Reduction of Prison Population.
SCOTUS Overturns Oklahoma Prisoner’s Death Sentence After More than 25 Years on Death Row, Nov. 1, 2025. Ex Post Facto, Good Time, Wrongful Conviction, Habeas Corpus, Wrongful Imprisonment, Pardons/Clemency, First Step Act, Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act (CAFRA), Specific Offenses, Controlled Substances, Weapons, Accuracy of Information, Depraved Indifference Murder, Evidence - Circumstantial, Theft, Failure to Disclose, Perjury/Perjured Testimony, Evidence - Failure to Disclose, New Trial - Motions for, Pleas Linked to Cooperation, Evidence - Destruction/Fabrication/Manipulation of, Selective Prosecution/Enforcement, Improper Comments, Official Report, Withholding of Exculpatory Evidence, Exculpatory Evidence - Disclosure Obligations.
Fourth Circuit Rules in Favor of Prisoner’s Eligibility for Time Credits, Nov. 1, 2025. Good Time, Habeas Corpus, First Step Act, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Statutory Construction/Interpretation, Death/Bodily Injury, Sentencing Findings.
California Approves Higher Wage for Prisoner Firefighters (But Still Underpays), Nov. 1, 2025. Work Release, Prison Labor, Injury -- Misc., Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Good Time.
Nebraska Supreme Court Clarifies Award of Time Served  Credit for Non-Citizen Awaiting Extradition, Aug. 1, 2025. Good Time, Federal Extradition Act, Credits.