☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Deliberate Indifference

The standard for Eighth Amendment claims in prison — a prison official's awareness of a substantial risk of serious harm and failure to take reasonable measures to address it.

Category: Corrections Law · Source: Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825 (1994)
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