Does the Fourteenth and Eighth Amendments apply to pretrial detainees?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Alston v. Cnty. of Sacramento, No. 2:18-cv-01041-TLN-CKD (E.D. Cal. 2018):
"Although the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause, rather than the Eighth Amendment's protection against cruel and unusual punishment, applies to pretrial detainees . . . [courts] apply the same standards in both cases." Simmons v. Navajo Cty., Ariz., 609 F.3d 1011, 1017 (9th Cir. 2010).
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