Questão jurídica principal
Whether the disciplinary sanction for proven cannabis consumption violated equality before the law because THC remains detectable longer than other banned substances.
Decisão extraída
No. The unequal detectability of THC does not prevent disciplining prisoners whose drug consumption can be proven.
Fundamentação extraída
The court accepted that THC can be detected for several days, unlike some other substances, but held that this factual difference does not make the disciplinary treatment unconstitutional. The equality guarantee does not bar sanctioning inmates whose consumption is demonstrably established, even if others cannot be disciplined because consumption cannot be proven.