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Trial Required on Clothing Claim

Loaded on Sept. 15, 1995 published in Prison Legal News September, 1995, page 22
Filed under: Gang Policies, Body Cavity Searches, Conditions of Confinement, Eighth Amendment, Clothing, Strip Cells, Bedding, Lighting, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Qualified Immunity. Location: Missouri.
When prison guards apply force maliciously and sadistically, they are violating the eighth amendment and can be held liable for their actions. Courtney Wilkens is a Missouri state prisoner. Prison guards claimed Wilkens was wearing gang colors in the prison dining hall and attempted to reprimand him. Wilkens and two ...

 

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