The following excerpt is from Alexander v. Frank, 967 F.2d 583 (9th Cir. 1992):
Prisoners do not have a constitutional right to a particular classification status. Hernandez v. Johnston, 833 F.2d 1316, 1318 (9th Cir.1987). Prison officials may subject a pretrial detainee "to the restrictions and conditions of the detention facility so long as those conditions and restrictions do not amount to punishment, or otherwise violate the Constitution." Bell v. Wolfish, 441 U.S. 520, 536-37 (1979). When determining whether the conditions imposed on a pretrial detainee constitute punishment.
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