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- Title
SUTTON V. BICKELL: A SURVEY.
- Authors
Karasek, Courtney M.
- Abstract
The article discusses the Pennsylvania Supreme Court case Sutton v. Bickell which deals with the death of a prison guard after a prisoner attacked him. Topics mentioned include the validity of the Department of Corrections (DOC) to ban the use of Timberland and Rocky boots from state prisons, the assessment of the policy of DOC regarding personal property and commissary purchases, and the arguments relating to the case such as procedural and substantive due process and sovereign immunity.
- Subjects
LEGAL judgments; CORRECTIONAL personnel; PRISONERS; BOOTS; DUE process of law; PERSONAL property; APPELLATE courts
- Publication
Widener Commonwealth Law Review, 2021, Vol 30, Issue 2, p427
- ISSN
2578-5370
- Publication type
Article