No liability for inmate's administrative segregation. Court orders segregated prisoner back into general population of high security facility. Prisoner's petition for writ of habeas corpus held moot since the prisoner had already been released from an administrative segregation and had suffered no collateral consequences from that segregation. Sixth Circuit orders Tennessee prison officials to accord prisoners due process protections prior to transfers to administrative segregation. Virginia District Court rules that prisoner's political associations which pose a distinct threat to prison security may warrant inmate's segregation.
Federal court sets limitations upon placement of prisoner in administrative detention.
California Supreme Court rules that inmates placed in administrative segregation pending disciplinary discharges must be given hearing within 3-10 days. Inmate in protective custody still retains the right to some programs and services. Fifth Circuit rules confinement in strip cell for 90 days to prevent suicide and assault is permissible.