U.S. appeals court sanitation temperature plumbing.

• Position: Conditions of Confinement - Brief Article

Gaston v. Coughlin, 249 F.3d 156 (2nd Cir. 2001). A prisoner brought a [section] 1983 action alleging that his conditions of confinement violated the Eighth Amendment. The district court dismissed the action and the prisoner appealed. The appeals court affirmed in part, vacated in part and remanded. The appeals court held that the prisoner's allegations regarding unsanitary conditions in his cell and exposure to below-freezing temperatures during winter due to unrepaired broken windows, were...