State Ex Rel. Klinke v. Department of Health & Social Services

We must determine what due process rights should be accorded prison inmates subject to. parole rescission. By “parole rescission” we refer to the action taken by the Wisconsin Parole Board which revokes a parole already granted but not yet executed.

On January 25, 1977, the Parole Board granted a parole to Donald Klinke, an inmate at Kettle Moraine Correctional Institution (KMCI). His release date was to be March 14, and he was scheduled to be transferred to the Outagamie County Jail on February 10 to permit him to begin work at a job he had obtained in anticipation of his parole.

On February…