Fuller v. Lane

OPINION

RICHARD MILLS, District Judge:

Is there a constitutional right to work in prison?

Clearly — NO!

Fuller and Hollgarth (former inmates at the Lincoln Correctional Center) initiated this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that Defendants — various employees of the Illinois Department of Corrections — violated their constitutional rights by denying them placement in a work release program. Plaintiffs claim that Defendants impermissibly deny all convicted sex offenders placement in the program.

Currently before the Court is Defendants’ motion for summary judgment.

It is allowed.

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