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No Immunity for Abandonment of Disabled Prisoner

The Nevada Supreme Court, sitting En Banc, held that prison officials are liable for releasing disabled prisoners into conditions where they can’t be cared for.

Nevada prisoner George Butler threw rocks at other prisoners in an October 1997 quarrel over a drug debt that escalated into a racial brawl. While ...

 

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