Larry Charbert Hayes v. Dan Walker, Governor of the State of Illinois

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• explaining that courts must be able to evaluate whether prison staff acted arbitrarily and thus “some support for the denial of a request for witnesses” is required
• rejecting as inadequate “broad conclusory” assertion that allowing inmate’s witnesses to testify at disciplinary hearing could expose them to retribution and “prove hazardous to both witnesses and institutional security”
• rejecting as inadequate “broad conclusory” assertion that allowing inmate’s witnesses to testify at disciplinary hearing could expose them to retribution and “prove hazardous to both witnesses and institutional security”
• disciplinary hearing record must reflect basis for prison official’s decision as to whether or not a particular witness can be called by the inmate
• \This general finding [merely incorporating the reports before it] does not ensure that prison officials will act fairly. Nor will this finding protect against subsequent collateral effects based on misunderstanding of the initial decision.\

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