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Trial Required in Arizona Uprising Suit
Loaded on July 15, 2001
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2001, page 20
The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court decision granting summary judgment to prison officials in a case involving the treatment of prisoners following a prison uprising.
Filed under:
Prison Rebellion,
Conditions of Confinement,
Eighth Amendment,
Exposure to Cold,
Toilets,
Water,
Bedding,
Shelter,
Exposure to Heat,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Restraints.
Location:
Arizona.
In 1995 the Graham Unit of the Arizona State Prison in Safford, Arizona held 638 prisoners. One hundred prisoners ...
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