Legal Opinion
Wilkinson v. Austin
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 13, 2005No. 04-495PublishedCited by 2,449 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kennedy
This case involves the process by which Ohio classifies prisoners for placement at its highest security prison, known as a “Supermax” facility. Supermax facilities are maximum-security prisons with highly restrictive conditions, designed to segregate the most dangerous prisoners from the general prison population. We must consider what process the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution requires Ohio to afford to inmates before assigning them to Supermax. We hold that the procedures Ohio has adopted provide sufficient procedural protection to comply with due process…
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