Is a prison inmate entitled to expect the prison authorities to provide him with protection from other prisoners?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Miller et al. v. Young Men's Christian Association et al., 1967 CanLII 449 (SK QB):
Likewise a prison inmate is entitled to expect the prison authorities to provide him with protection from other prisoners: Ellis v. Home Office, [1953] 2 All E.R. 149. Or the parents of a child at school should be able to look to its teachers to provide some reasonable care and protection from the harm which a vicious child may cause to him.
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