Does a prisoner have an Eighth Amendment right to be free from sexual abuse?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Smith v. Goss, 1:16-cv-01356-BAM (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2018):
1046 (9th Cir.2012); see also Schwenk v. Hartford, 204 F.3d 1187, 1197 (9th Cir.2000) ("In the simplest and most absolute of terms ... prisoners [have a clearly established Eighth Amendment right] to be free from sexual abuse ....").
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