In re the Personal Restraint of Atwood

¶1 The constitution requires the government to afford inmates at least a minimal level of due process before they are denied credit for good time or *25earned early release time. Here, the State made no showing of any procedures that would satisfy this modest constitutional requirement. We therefore grant Kenneth T. Atwood’s personal restraint petition and remand his case to Ferry County for further proceedings on his claim for earned early release credits.

Sweeney, C.J.

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¶2 Kenneth T. Atwood petitions for relief from personal restraint imposed following his Ferry County jury convictions in…