Stop Solitary - Case Law
Austin v. Wilkinson (2002)
- Organization: ACLU National Prison Project
- Document Type: Case law/admin decisions
- Date Created: Monday, March 05, 2012
- Attachment(s): PDF
February 25, 2002
USDC for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division
Class of current and former prisoners at high maximum security prison facility brought ยง 1983 action for injunctive relief against corrections officials, alleging denial of due process in prisoners' placement and retention at facility. The District Court, Gwin, J., held that: (1) inmates had a liberty interest in their conditions of confinement; (2) inmates were entitled to due process protections in decisions to send them to and retain them at facility; (3) inmates were denied due process in decisions to send them to and retain them at facility; and (4) new corrections policies failed to provide adequate due process safeguards.
Topics:
- Isolated Confinement (Segregation)