Can a prison officer be found guilty of deliberate indifference to the health or safety of an inmate?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Navarro v. Herndon, No. 2:09-cv-1878 KJM KJN P (E.D. Cal. 2016):
of deliberate indifference to the inmate's health or safety; this determination is premised on an assessment of the prison official's subjective state of mind. Id., citing Wilson v. Seiter, 501 U.S. 294, 302-03 (1991).
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