[Note: Friends of Justice is a personal blog. I speak only for myself.]
“When an inmate is accused of breaking an institutional rule, the incident is written up by the charging staff member as a conduct report (a.k.a. “a ticket”). Minor offenses are handled by a hearing officer, which is a unit sergeant. Major offenses are referred to the Rules Infraction Board (R.I.B.) by the unit sergeants. Whether a ticket is handled by a hearing officer or R.I.B., the inmate has the right to call witnesses, present evidence, and a few other things much like a court of law. Among the reasons this is so important is that the Parole Board can deny parole to an inmate for rules violations, educational programming can be denied, inmates can be rejected for institutional work assignments, and judicial releases can be turned down by judges.”
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