LILES v. WARD

No. 76 Civ. 4786.

424 F.Supp. 675 (1976)

Sheila LILES et al., Plaintiffs, v. Benjamin WARD, Individually, and as Commissioner of Correctional Services, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

November 12, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael C. Fahey, Acting Project Director, Bronx Legal Services Corp., New York City, for plaintiffs; Stephen M. Latimer, New York City, of counsel.

Charles H. Jones, Newark, N. J., Alvin J. Bronstein, Ed Koren, Nan Aron, National Prison Project of the A.C.L.U. Foundation, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., New York City, for defendants; Gerald J. Ryan, Buffalo, N. Y., of counsel.


MEMORANDUM

FRANKEL, District Judge.

The seven plaintiffs are serving terms of imprisonment under New York State convictions. Until recently their place of confinement was the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility. They have been found guilty of disciplinary infractions during their terms, and have been subjected to prison sanctions, including substantial periods of segregation they have not completed serving. On...

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