Is sexual harassment or abuse of an inmate by a corrections officer a violation of the Eighth Amendment?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Moore v. Gipson, 1:13-cv-01820-BAM (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2014):
"Sexual harassment or abuse of an inmate by a corrections officer is a violation of the Eighth Amendment." Wood v. Beauclair, 692 F.3d 1041, 1046 (9th Cir. 2012); see also Schwenk v. Hartford, 204 F.3d 1187, 1197 (9th Cir. 2000) ("In the simplest and most absolute of terms ... prisoners [have a clearly established Eighth Amendment right] to be free from sexual abuse ....").
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