People ex rel. Bright v. Warden

The above four writs of habeas corpus raise similar questions regarding prison disciplinary hearings and are considered together in this decision.

*961All the relators are serving definite sentences in the New York City Correctional Institution for Men. They have all had disciplinary hearings on the ground that they allegedly violated the rules of the institution and, having been found guilty of the infraction they were accused of, had various amounts of “ good behavior time ” taken away from them by the warden. Relators allege that they have been denied due process of law in their loss of good…