Liles v. Camden County Dept. of Corrections.

• Position: Inmate alleges violation of Eighth Amendment rights, improper bedding leads to prisoner back injuries,

U.S. District Court

TOILETS

SHOWERS

BEDDING

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 found that the inmates' claims...