Another prison discipline reversal. There must be something in the water.
How did the prisoner win?
The hearing officer didn't legibly fill out the disposition form to summarize the evidence. Then there were 2 versions of the disposition form in the record, one of which amended the charge the prisoner was found guilty of ... by crossing out the original charge after the assistant superintendent signed it.
As the Appellate Division states, "We begin with what we hope is an obvious statement: we cannot affirm a decision we are unable to read."
Despite this, the DOC gets a mulligan.
In other news, prisons still use floppy disks. AND IF YOU BREAK OFF THE LITTLE METAL BIT OF THOSE FLOPPY DISKS THE PRISON-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX WILL COME FOR YOUR SOUL.
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