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Prisoners Must Be Fed
Loaded on Aug. 15, 1991
published in Prison Legal News
August, 1991, page 4
Alvin Cooper was a pre-trial detainee in Texas and filed a § 1983 suit claiming that jail guards were refusing to feed him. The officials did not deny the allegation but claimed Cooper wasn't fed because he refused to appear fully dressed at all meals. The district court dismissed the …
Filed under:
Conditions of Confinement,
Food,
Eighth Amendment,
Clothing,
Qualified Immunity.
Location:
Texas.
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