BLYTHER v. NJ DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS


730 A.2d 396 (1999)

322 N.J. Super. 56

Theodore BLYTHER Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Defendant-Respondent.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided June 10, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore Blyther plaintiff-appellant submitted a pro se brief.

Paul H. Zoubek, Acting Attorney General, for defendant-respondent (Joseph L. Yannotti, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Gregory A. Spellmeyer, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Before Judges BAIME, CONLEY and A.A. RODRIGUEZ.


The opinion of the court was delivered by BAIME, P.J.A.D.

In response to escalating gang violence in New Jersey's prisons, the Department of Corrections (DOC) created the Security Threat Group Management Unit (STGMU). The STGMU is a non-punitive, three-phase program designed to identify, place and rehabilitate inmates deemed to be core members of certain designated gangs. The goal of the program is to gradually return the rehabilitated inmates to the regular prison...

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