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Deliberate Indifference Applies to Detainees

Loaded on May 15, 1998 published in Prison Legal News May, 1998, page 12
Filed under: Immunity/Liability, Qualified Immunity, Municipal Liability, Suicides. Location: Utah.
The court of appeals for the tenth circuit held that county jail officials have a constitutional duty to protect the health and wellbeing of prisoners in their custody. The appropriate standard of liability under these circumstances is deliberate indifference, not objective reasonableness. Under the proper standard the court found that …

 

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