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YOUNT v. PENNSYLVANIA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 97 MAP 2006.

966 A.2d 1115 (2009)

Jon E. YOUNT, Appellant v. PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS and James L. Grace, Superintendent of SCI-Huntingdon, in his Official Capacity, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Re-Submitted August 14, 2008.

Decided March 20, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marybeth Walsh, Institutional Law Project, for Jon. E. Yount.

Debra S. Rand, Michael James McGovern, Suzanne Noelle Hueston, Harrisburg, for Dept. of Corrections.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TOOD, McCAFFERY and GREENSPAN, JJ.

OPINION

Justice EAKIN.

Appellant was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Appellant escaped from a prison work detail with cooperation from a prison volunteer; recaptured, he was incarcerated at SCI-Huntingdon. While there, appellant and other prisoners sued the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, alleging the prison's telephone service provider overcharged inmates.

While the telecommunications suit was...

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