Prison Conditions

<span style="font-weight: 400;">An inmate adequately alleged that his living conditions at a prison in Pennsylvania violated his Eighth Amendment rights, the Third Circuit <a href="https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/182937p.pdf"><strong>ruled</strong></a>. The man was confined to a “chilled room with constant lighting, no bedding, and only paper-like clothing.” </span>

PHILADELPHIA – An inmate adequately alleged that his living conditions at a prison in Pennsylvania violated his Eighth Amendment rights, the Third Circuit ruled . The man was confined to a “chilled room with constant lighting, no bedding, and only paper-like clothing.”

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