☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Cruel and Unusual (Corrections)

The Eighth Amendment prohibition applied to prison conditions — deliberate indifference to serious medical needs, excessive force, and conditions that deny the minimal civilized measure of life's necessities.

Category: Corrections Law · Source: Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97 (1976)
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