What is the test for deliberate indifference to an inmate's medical needs?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Inmates of the Riverside County Jail v. Clark, 144 Cal.App.3d 850, 192 Cal.Rptr. 823 (Cal. App. 1983):
There is plainly a constitutional issue here. In Estelle v. Gamble, supra, the court found that deliberate indifference to an inmate's medical needs was unconstitutional, reasoning that inmates rely on prison authorities to meet their medical needs; "if the authorities fail to do so, these needs will not be met." (429 U.S. at p. 103, 97 S.Ct. at p. 290.) The same reasoning applies to
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