Is a prison official liable for injuries sustained by a prisoner as a result of unsafe conditions of confinement?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Uriarte v. Schwarzenegger, CASE NO. 06cv1558-MMA (WMC) (S.D. Cal. 2011):

Finally, where a prisoner alleges injuries stemming from unsafe conditions of confinement, prison officials may be held liable only if they acted with "deliberate indifference to a substantial risk of serious harm." Frost v. Agnos, 152 F.3d 1124, 1128 (9th Cir. 1998).

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