Appeals Court: Prisoners Have 'Liberty Interest' In Not Being Put In Secretive Prison Units

August 22, 2016
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A federal appeals court in the District of Columbia circuit reinstated a case challenging the Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) use of secretive and experimental prison units known as communications management units (CMUs). However, it rejected claims alleging plaintiffs held in the units were “stigmatized” as “terrorist inmates” and concluded a now-deceased former official did not retaliate and infringe upon First Amendment rights. ...

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August 29, 2016