Legal Opinion
In Re Head
California Supreme Court
Decided July 24, 1986No. Crim. 24619PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GRODIN, J.
Three prison inmates represented by the Prison Law Office 1 challenged the procedures under which the Department of Corrections implemented the work furlough program authorized by Penal Code sections 6260-6265. After consolidating the petitions the superior court found the procedures to be constitutionally inadequate. That court ordered individualized consideration of inmates to determine eligibility for participation in the program under procedures that would afford due process. The ruling was affirmed on appeal (In re Head (1983) 147 Cal.App.3d 1125 [195 Cal.Rptr. 593])…
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