MATTER OF ROUDETTE v. JONES


101 Misc.2d 136 (1979)

In the Matter of Bruce Roudette et al., Petitioners, v. Everett W. Jones, as Superintendent of Great Meadow Correctional Facility, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court, Special Term, Albany County.

September 5, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Prisoners' Legal Services of New York for petitioners. Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (George William Howard of counsel), for respondents.


ROGER J. MINER, J.

The regulations of the Department of Correctional Services include the following provision: "Mechanical means of physical restraint must never be used for disciplinary purposes. Mechanical means of physical restraint may be used only when necessary while transporting inmates within or outside of the facility, or on orders of a physician when he deems it necessary to prevent injury to the...

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