Parker v. Gorczyk

Plaintiffs, two inmates incarcerated at the Woodstock Regional Correctional Facility, brought this class action seeking to enjoin defendant, the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections, from implementing a policy that would make prisoners convicted of violent felonies ineligible for furlough until the expiration of their minimum sentences. Based on its conclusion that the policy violated plaintiffs’ right to due process guaranteed by Chapter I, Article 10 of the Vermont Constitution, the Windsor Superior Court permanently enjoined defendant from implementing the policy or adopting any…