Good Time Credit In Prison

After reading and consideration of this weeks assigned works I have come to the conclusion that the greatest impact on corrections/inmates/staff of the case studies presented is the case of Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole v. Hill et al. (Hass, 2006). The reason for this I believe is that inmates that accumulate what is called “good time credit” for good behavior while incarcerated was originally meant as an incentive for said prisoners to maintain good behavior while serving their perspective terms of incarceration with the benefit of early release from prison if they met the terms and conditions to receive such benefits of “good time credit” as well has help with reliving some pressures on the prison system from overcrowding.
Meaning that the Supreme court of the United States ruled that the burden of evidence need not be as absolute as “beyond a reasonable doubt” but there had to be some proof for the prison court to be able to impact negatively of the earned “good time credit” of the prisoner for a violation (Hass,