Posts Tagged ‘prison duty to protect inmates from other inmates’
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In Virginia, Prison officials violate the Eighth Amendment’s cruel-and-unusual-punishment clause when they are deliberately indifferent to a substantial risk to an inmate’s safety or medical needs.
0August 6, 2023 by Tom Roberts, Esq.
8th Amendment Eighth Amendment Violations Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution states “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor …
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