What is the test for determining whether conditions of confinement violate the Eighth Amendment?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Reynolds v. Quiros, 990 F.3d 286 (2nd Cir. 2021):
Previously we have acknowledged that generally, a prisoner's contention that his conditions of confinement violate the Eighth Amendment requires an analysis involving both objective and subjective factors. See Phelps v. Kapnolas , 308 F.3d 180, 185 (2d Cir. 2002) ; see, e.g. ,
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