What is the standard for determining whether a prison official violates an inmate's right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Jones v. Kroll, Case No.: 16-cv-02370-LAB (JLB) (S.D. Cal. 2018):
A prison official violates an inmate's Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment when he acts with deliberate indifference to a substantial risk of serious harm to the inmate. Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 828 (1994). The deliberate indifference standard involves both an objective and subjective prong. Id. at 834. Under the objective prong, the alleged deprivation suffered as a result of the official's act or
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