Is there a distinction between claims alleging inadequate medical care and those alleging inadequate conditions of confinement?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Greer v. Cnty. of San Diego, Case No.: 3:19-CV-0378-GPC-AGS (S.D. Cal. 2019):

3. There are "no significant distinction between claims alleging inadequate medical care and those alleging inadequate 'conditions of confinement.' Indeed, the medical care a prisoner receives is just as much a 'condition' of his confinement as ... the protection he is afforded against other inmates." Wilson v. Seiter, 501 U.S. 294, 303 (1991).

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