Shields v. Prack

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of the Commissioner of Corrections and Community Supervision finding petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.

Petitioner and another inmate made arrangements to have a third inmate receive a package on their behalf from an individual outside the correctional facility. When the package arrived, correction officers informed the recipient that the powdered drink mix included in the package was not permitted in the facility and he…