What is the test for determining whether the duration of confinement is cruel and unusual punishment?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Richardson, 927 F.2d 612 (9th Cir. 1991):
3 Richardson cites Holt v. Sarver, 300 F.Supp. 825 (D.Ark.1969) for the proposition that a punishment must satisfy "standards of good conscience and fairness." That language in Holt was used as a benchmark for assessing the conditions of confinement. The question whether the duration of confinement constitutes cruel and unusual punishment is governed by Solem v. Helm, 463 U.S. 277 (1983), discussed infra.
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