Russell v. Richards.

• Position: HYGIENE-PRISONER PERSONAL - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

HYGIENE

Russell v. Richards, 384 F.3d 444 (7th Cir. 2004). Two inmates brought an action against a sheriff, challenging a jail's policy of instructing new inmates to use delousing shampoo. The district court entered summary judgment for the sheriff and the inmates appealed. The appeals court affirmed, finding that the jail's policy did not violate the inmates' due process right to be free from unwanted medical treatment. The court noted that the jail's policy had a legitimate penological interest in preventing inmates and staff from being...