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Excessive Violence States Eighth Amendment Claim

Prisoner filed class action suit alleging an excessive level of prisoner-
prisoner and staff-prisoner violence at the Correctional Institute For Men
(CIFM) in New York City. The district court found (1) that evidence of
persistent overcrowding, failure to classify prisoners,. excessive
reliance on dormitory housing and inadequate staffing, in the ...

 

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