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Holding Prisoner Beyond Release Date Violates Due Process

A Louisiana Federal District Court has denied qualified immunity to
officials of the Louisiana Department of Corrections (DOC), whose actions
in calculating a prisoner's release date kept the prisoner past the date he
should have been released. All parties were denied summary judgment.

Ricky Nelson was a DOC parolee until ...

 

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