Can prison officials violate the Eight Amendment if they deprive an inmate of a single identifiable human need such as food, warmth or exercise?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from JACKSON v. HOUSTON, Civil No. 07cv1108 L (POR) (S.D. Cal. 2011):
Prison officials may violate the Eight Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishments if they deprive the inmate of "a single, identifiable human need such as food, warmth or exercise." Wilson v. Seiter, 501 U.S. 294, 304 (1991) (emphasis added). To
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