DEAL v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION

SJC-12246.

478 Mass. 332 (2017)

TIMOTHY DEAL & another v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 9, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara Kaban for the petitioner.

Benjamin H. Keehn , Committee for Public Counsel Services ( Dulcineia Goncalves , Committee for Public Counsel Services, also present) for the intervener.

Charles W. Anderson, Jr. , for the respondent.

James R. Pingeon , for Prisoners' Legal Services of Massachusetts, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GANTS, C.J., LENK, HINES, LOWY, BUDD, & CYPHER, JJ.


The Department of Correction (department) has adopted procedures to determine, on a periodic basis, the security classification of every inmate, including juvenile homicide offenders.3 Approximately one year ago we examined the department's then procedure used to classify juvenile homicide offenders and concluded...

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