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Lack of Toilets in Cells Unconstitutional
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk, held that the lack of
toilets and hot and cold running water at an Essex County jail constituted
cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment and the
Massachusetts Declaration of Rights as measured against "current standards
of decency." The Court ...
toilets and hot and cold running water at an Essex County jail constituted
cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment and the
Massachusetts Declaration of Rights as measured against "current standards
of decency." The Court ...
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