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Pervasive Risk of Harm Violates Eight Amendment

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a prisoner stated an
Eighth Amendment claim for prison official's deliberate indifference to a
pervasive risk of harm. The Pennsylvania prisoner alleged that he had to
live day in and day out with a real fear of personal injury from constant ...

 

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