MATTER OF WATTS v. COOMBE


235 A.D.2d 952 (1997)

653 N.Y.S.2d 406

In the Matter of Kevin Watts, Petitioner, v. Philip Coombe, as Commissioner of The New York State Department of Correctional Services, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

January 30, 1997


On June 19, 1995, inmates at Auburn Correctional Facility in Cayuga County went on strike, refusing to leave their cells for work or meals, in protest of double celling. As a result of this inmate-initiated "lock-in", correction officials imposed a prison lock-in. By inmate misbehavior report dated June 22, 1995, petitioner was charged with violating a prison disciplinary rule prohibiting inmates from leading, organizing, participating in or urging other inmates in work stoppage...

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