Does a prison official driving a transportation vehicle recklessly while aware that the inmates lack safety restraints constitute a violation of the Eighth Amendment?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Ortiz v. Garza, Case No.: 1:15-cv-01370 - DAD - JLT (E.D. Cal. 2016):

Jabbar, 683 F.3d at 58 (internal citations omitted). However, allegations that a prison official drove a transportation vehicle recklessly, while aware that the inmates lack safety restraints, may constitute a violation of the Eighth Amendment. See Brown v. Fortner, 518 F.3d 552, 561 (8th Cir. 2008) ("driving recklessly while transporting a shackled inmate who had been denied the use of a seatbelt and ignoring requests to slow down violated the constitutional prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment").

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