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Inhumane Conditions Suit Requires Trial
Loaded on Sept. 15, 1992
published in Prison Legal News
September, 1992, page 6
Marshal Jackson, an Indiana state prisoner filed suit on the subhuman prison conditions he was subjected to in the Indiana penal system. He claimed he was forced to live with filth, inadequate plumbing, roaches, rodents, poor lighting, inadequate heating, rusted out toilets, drinking water with small black worms in it, …
Filed under:
Conditions of Confinement,
Eighth Amendment,
Exposure to Cold,
Toilets,
Water,
Sanitation,
Bedding,
Lighting,
Shelter,
Vermin,
Summary Judgment.
Location:
Indiana.
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