Kerr: Does the law apply when an inmate breaks prison rules?

Does the law apply in prison? A recent Federal Court decision confirms the obvious answer: Of course. Yet the fact that this was a question at all speaks to the reality of systemic lawlessness that too often describes our prison system.  
The court decision confirmed that an inmate in prison disciplinary court had the right to defend himself by arguing that he only broke a prison rule because of serious pressure from other inmates.
On the evening in question, all of the inmates on this man&