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Prisoners Can't Be Punished for Refusing to Perform Unconstitutional Assignment

Loaded on Oct. 15, 1990 published in Prison Legal News October, 1990, page 3
Filed under: Work, Prison Labor, Inability to Work, Work Conditions/Safety, Eighth Amendment. Location: Arkansas.
Prisoners Can't Be Punished For Refusing To Perform Unconstitutional Assignment

In a recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fruit V. Norris, 905 F2nd 1148 (8th Cir. 1990), the court held that "prison inmates are protected from punishment for refusing to perform an unconstitutional assignment. For prison officials to ...

 

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