What constitutes cruel and unusual punishment after release from prison?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Cuffle v. Avenenti, 26 F.3d 130 (9th Cir. 1994):
"After incarceration, only the unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain ... constitutes cruel and unusual punishment forbidden by the Eight Amendment. To be cruel and unusual punishment, conduct that does not purport to be punishment at all must involve more than ordinary lack of due care for the prisoners' interest or safety." Whitely v. Albers, 475 U.S. 312, 319 (1986).
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