NCJ Number
99136
Journal
American Bar Foundation Research Journal Volume: 1983 Issue: 2 Dated: (Spring 1983) Pages: 393-425
Date Published
1983
Length
33 pages
Annotation
In this article, the author describes his experience as an active participant on a central review board designed to hear appeals by prisoners from adverse decisions made by local prison grievance and disciplinary boards. The invitation to serve as 'citizen member' on this appellate board came to the author as a result of his earlier work on inmate grievance procedures, reported in a previous Journal article. The present article gives a close-up account of the types of inmates and inmate problems encountered while serving on such a board and of the difficult role conflicts that the board members face in trying to make decisions that are both fair and realistic. The article also gives a first-hand impression of the flavor of prison life. (Publisher abstract)