What rights does a prisoner have in a disciplinary proceeding?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Ford v. Grounds, Case No.: 1:13-cv-00403-AWI-JLT (E.D. Cal. 2015):
Prisoners cannot be entirely deprived of their constitutional rights, but their rights may be diminished by the needs and objectives of the institutional environment. Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539, 555 (1974). Prison disciplinary proceedings are not part of a criminal prosecution, so a prisoner is not afforded the full panoply of rights in such proceedings. Id. at 556. Thus, a prisoner's
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