Hargett v. Logan

McRAE, Justice,

for the Court:

This appeal arises from an April 1, 1994 order of the Circuit Court of Sunflower County affirming the Sunflower County Magistrate’s requiring the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) to establish a procedure to provide educational opportunity to protective custody inmates, including Ap-pellees James Logan, et al. Appellants Edward Hargett, et al. contend that protective custody inmates within the MDOC do not have a constitutional right to be provided with the same educational opportunities as those provided the general prison population. Finding that the…