Liles v. Camden County Dept. of Corrections.

• Position: Former inmates sues Camden County Correctional Department for conditions of confinement and violation of Eighth Amendment rights - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT

Liles v. Camden County Dept. of Corrections, 225 F.Supp.2d 450 (D.N.J. 2002). Former inmates brought an action against county officials alleging that conditions of confinement violated their Eighth Amendment rights. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants in part, and denied it in part. The court found that summary judgment was precluded by fact issues as to whether fighting that broke out as the result of...