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South Dakota Prison Conditions Unconstitutional

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held that double ceiling may violate
the Eighth Amendment in light of other serious deficient conditions of
confinement, and a district court may use expert testimony to set prison
maximum capacity. This was a class action filed by prisoners at the South
Dakota State ...

 

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