A sentence of nine months in solitary confinement given to Colin Ferguson, the Long Island Rail Road gunman, for encouraging his fellow state prison inmates to riot was upheld Thursday by the Appellate Division, Third Department.
The panel ruled unanimously that the misbehavior report filed by staff at Attica state prison, videotape and the testimony at his disciplinary hearing all provide “substantial” evidence of Ferguson’s guilt.
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