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Hitching Post Unconstitutional
Loaded on March 15, 2002
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2002, page 10
Filed under:
Gang Policies,
Work,
Prison Labor,
Chain Gangs,
Eighth Amendment,
Toilets,
Water,
Exposure to Heat,
Restraints,
Qualified Immunity.
Location:
Alabama.
The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has held that handcuffing a prisoner to a hitching post for prolonged periods violates the Eighth Amendment, but granted guards qualified immunity. Alabama prisoner Larry Hope was assigned to the chain gang at Limestone Correctional Facility (Limestone) in 1995 .On two occasions ...
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