Fourteenth Amendment

• If treatment involves detrimental change in liberty interest, must have procedural protections

• Administrative hearing or Evidentiary hearing

• Need not be before judge, can be admin. panel

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• If treatment of an inmate involves a “detrimental change” in an inmate’s liberty interest, the 14th Amendment requires that there be some procedural protections in place.

• This procedural right is usually implicated when the prison system is seeking to do something to an inmate against his/her will (I.e forced administration of psychotropic drugs, change in security level etc.)

• Amendment requires either an administrative hearing or some form of evidentiary hearing

• However, a hearing need not be before an actual judge…can be before an administrative panel.