What is the test for alleging inhumane conditions of confinement in a prison?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Patrick v. Petroff, Case No. 1:16-cv-00945-AWI-MJS (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2016):
To allege an Eighth Amendment claim for inhumane conditions of confinement, a prisoner must show that prison officials were deliberately indifferent to a substantial risk of harm to his health or safety. See, e.g., Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 847 (1994);
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