People ex rel. Friedman v. Hassan

Petitioner institutes this proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 for a review of respondent’s denial of his request for participation in a temporary release program; or to supply petitioner with a meaningful statement of the reasons why he is ineligible to participate in the program.

Petitioner is an inmate confined at the Queensboro Correctional Facility pursuant to a conviction, based on a plea of guilty, of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree. On October 6, 1976 he submitted a request to the Temporary Release Program Committee for a six-day furlough to commence on December 24,…