Torres v. Commissioner of Correction

The plaintiffs, prisoners presently or formerly confined in a subunit of the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar Junction known as the department disciplinary unit (DDU), challenge their conditions of confinement. Their complaint contains thirteen counts alleging various constitutional and statutory violations. A judge in the Superior Court allowed the defendants’ motion for summary judgment on eight of the thirteen counts. After a timely appeal we granted the plaintiffs’ application for direct appellate review. The plaintiffs assert that the judge erred in finding that (1) the…