Does the Eighth Amendment have to be applied to a pretrial detainee?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Arroyo v. Schaefer, 548 F.2d 47 (2nd Cir. 1977):

While the Eighth Amendment may not, strictly speaking, be applicable to pretrial detainees, as Judge Friendly noted in Johnson v. Glick, 481 F.2d 1028 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 414 U.S. 1033, 94 S.Ct. 462, 38 L.Ed.2d 32 (1973), due process requires no more in this context. 3

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