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Freezing Temperature Violates Eighth Amendment
Loaded on March 15, 1993
published in Prison Legal News
March, 1993, page 2
Four prisoners at the Iowa State Reformatory segregation unit were sent outdoors to a recreation area while prison guards searched their living unit for weapons. The temperature was sub-freezing with a significant wind chill factor. The prisoners requested not to go outside. They were placed outdoors with only coats even ...
Filed under:
Searches,
Prison/Common Area Searches,
Exposure to Cold,
Clothing,
Damages.
Location:
Iowa.
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