Legal Opinion
Superintendent, Mass. Correctional Institution at Walpole v. Hill
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 17, 1985No. 84-438PublishedCited by 3,477 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Connor
Massachusetts inmates who comply with prison rules can accumulate good time credits that reduce the term of imprisonment. Mass. Gen. Laws Ann., ch. 127, § 129 (West 1974). Such credits may be lost “if a prisoner violates any rule of his place of confinement.” Ibid. The question presented is whether revocation of an inmate’s good time credits violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment if the decision of the prison disciplinary board is not supported by evidence in the record. We conclude that where good time credits constitute a protected liberty interest, a decision to revoke…
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