Criminal
Mar. 5, 2005
Lack of Federal Court Review Enables Prison Mismanagement
The latest U.S. Supreme Court case to address prison violence, Johnson v. California , 2005 DJDAR 2118, concerns an inmate's challenge to the California Department of Corrections policy of segregating inmates by race in double cells or the first 60 days each time they enter or transfer into a correctional facility within the system.
Robert L. Bastian Jr.
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The latest U.S. Supreme Court case to address prison violence, Johnson v. California, 2005 DJDAR 2118, concerns an inmate's challenge to the California Department of Corrections policy of segregating inmates by race in double cells or the first 60 days each time they enter or transfer into a correctional facility within the system.
The court had to choose from two lines of authority which standard of review should apply. One line ...
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