Jansson v. Department of Corrections

Plaintiffs, who are or were inmates of the Department of Corrections serving sentences for sex offenses, brought this action in the circuit court to enjoin the department from excluding sex offenders as a group from eligibility for placement in community correction centers and work camp programs. After a show cause hearing, the lower court ruled that the department lacked statutory authority to exclude sex offenders as a class from community placement and must determine the eligibility of such offenders on a case-by-case basis. Relying on this court’s opinion in Luttrell v Dep’t of…