Gomes v. Wall

OPINION

The computation of so-called “good-time credit” when an inmate is serving consecutive sentences is the focus of this declaratory-judgment and injunctive-relief action. The defendants are Ashbel T. Wall, II, director of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections (DOC); James Weeden, warden; and Frederick Habien, a correctional officer in the Office of Records and Identification (hereinafter collectively referred to as the defendants). They appeal from a Superior Court order granting the plaintiff-inmate, Richard Gomes (plaintiff or Gomes), declaratory relief and determining that the…