The Federal Correctional Institute at Dublin still must address constitutional violations even though the all-women's prison shut down nearly two months ago, a judge has ruled.
The Federal Correctional Institute at Dublin still must address constitutional violations even though the all-women's prison shut down nearly two months ago, a judge has ruled.In a July 3 order, U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez revealed that many of the punishments for some of the 605 women who used to be incarcerated at FCI Dublin were improperly meted out – something the women have long complained about.
"Based on the serious errors and due process violations," the judge said that all 522 disciplinary actions the BOP meted out from Jan. 1 to the prison's closure on May 1 were reviewed.She said that after this review, 120, or 22%, were expunged, meaning that the women who were unfairly disciplined will now have their time credits and classifications re-calculated.
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