Liles v. Camden County Dept. of Corrections.

PositionPrisoner alleges conditions of confinement violated their Eighth Amendment rights - Brief Article

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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 held that no evidence showed that prison mattresses, that were between two and two and one-half inches thick, caused the inmates' back injuries. The court held that evidence did not support the claim that shower conditions caused the inmates to break out in rashes. Although the inmates presented an expert report of a "forensic sanitarian," the court noted that the report concluded only that the poor condition of the shower and lack of sanitation "may result" in rashes. The court held that a 22-day lock-down that caused inconvenience and discomfort to the inmates did not violate the Eighth Amendment...

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