U.S. district court segregation restraints.

• Position: Exercise and recreation - Brief Article

Williams v. Goord, 142 F.Supp.2d 416 (S.D.N.Y. 2001). An inmate who was confined in segregation brought a [section] 1983 suit alleging constitutional violations and seeking declaratory relief, compensatory damages and punitive damages. The district court denied summary judgment for the defendants, finding that whether handcuff and waist chain restraints may have prevented the inmate from engaging in "meaningful exercise" for 28 days was a fact issue that needed to be resolved. The district court noted that a prisoner may be denied out-of-cell exercise under what is termed a "safety...