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· 2/6/1978

Blaney v. Commissioner of Correction

Citations

  • 372 N.E.2d 770
  • 374 Mass. 337
  • 1978 Mass. LEXIS 849

How courts have described this case

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  • upholding judicial order mandating certain departmental measures; defendants had earlier been given “every opportunity” to comply with statutory provision
  • upholding judicial instructions to department after it repeatedly failed to correct prison conditions as mandated by statute
  • specific directions concerning the continued classification of protective custody inmates issued only after persistent failures of the defendants to fulfil their duties as defined by judicial orders
  • specific directions concerning the continued classification of protective custody inmates issued only after persistent failures of the defendants to fulfil their duties as defined by judicial orders
  • treatment of prisoners in “protective custody” status; violations of statutory standard
  • inmates held in protective custody entitled to same privileges as general inmate population

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Judges: Hennessey, Braucher, Wilkins, Liacos, Abrams

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