An inmate has an entitlement to participate and will suffer a grievous loss if prevented from exercising that right. Hence, a right to participate in the program is vested, and the State's removal of the individual cannot be achieved in the absence of a fair factual determination. In keeping with the spirit of judicial fairness to both society and the individual, a hearing is a simple means to balance competing interests and to ascertain an appropriate solution. Supreme Court tests for establishing a right to a due process hearing for inmates are enumerated. Footnotes are supplied. (Author summary modified)