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Fifth Circuit: Sleep Deprivation May Violate Eighth Amendment

Loaded on Jan. 10, 2015 by Matthew Clarke published in Prison Legal News January, 2015, page 46
Filed under: Eighth Amendment, Lighting. Location: Texas.

Fifth Circuit: Sleep Deprivation May Violate Eighth Amendment

by Matt Clarke

In an unpublished ruling, the Fifth Circuit held on April 1, 2014 that a Texas prisoner’s sleep deprivation-based challenge to the security schedule used by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) may state a valid …

 

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