Can the government be held liable for failing to provide medical care to inmates who are suffering from mental health problems?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Long v. Corizon Health, Inc., CASE NO. 1:17-cv-00898-JLT (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2018):
The government has an "obligation to provide medical care for those whom it is punishing by incarceration," and failure to meet that obligation can constitute an Eighth Amendment violation cognizable under 1983. Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 103-105 (1976). To establish an Eighth
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