In Re Harvey Zane Jenkins on Habeas Corpus

Summary

The court held that prison officials may deny favorable classification points for periods when an inmate was willing to work but was not actually assigned to a qualifying program through no fault of the inmate. The governing regulation was valid because considering actual work performance in assessing institutional security was neither arbitrary, capricious, nor irrational, and the classification also survived rational-basis equal protection review. The court affirmed the Court of Appeal and disapproved contrary precedent to the extent inconsistent with its ruling.