Superintendent, Mass. Correctional Institution at Walpole v. Hill

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1985-06-17

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*447 Justice O’Connor delivered the opinion of the Court. 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 whe…

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