What is the current state of the law on conditions of confinement in a mental health unit?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Edwards v. Quiros, 986 F.3d 187 (2nd Cir. 2021):
12 Id. at 120 ; see also Wilson v. Seiter , 501 U.S. 294, 304, 111 S.Ct. 2321, 115 L.Ed.2d 271 (1991) (recognizing that conditions of confinement may constitute an Eighth Amendment violation where they produce a "deprivation of a single, identifiable human need such as food, warmth, or exercise").
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