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Supreme Court Slams Conditions Case

Loaded on Sept. 15, 1991 published in Prison Legal News September, 1991, page 5
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Overcrowding, Eighth Amendment, Ventilation, Exposure to Cold. Location: Ohio.
Just before finishing its last session, the United States Supreme Court handed down a ruling making it more difficult for prisoners to challenge the constitutionality of prison conditions. The five to four decision held that prisoners must prove that prison officials not merely maintained inadequate facilities, but deliberately did so. ...

 

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