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PLRA Exhaustion-of-Remedies Requirement Applies to Private Prison

by Matthew T. Clarke

On September 8, 2004 the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that prisoners
incarcerated in a private prison must first exhaust the prison's
administrative remedies before bringing suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
challenging unconstitutional prison conditions.

Louis Boyd, Sammie Everett, Murray Allen, Howard R. Harris, ...

 

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