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Liles v. Camden County Dept. of Corrections.


U.S. District Court

PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT

Liles v. Camden County Camden County can refer to:
  • Camden County, New Jersey
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 Dept. of Corrections, 225 F.Supp.2d 450 (D.N.J. 2002). Former inmates brought an action against county officials alleging that conditions of confinement con·fine·ment
n.
1. The act of restricting or the state of being restricted in movement.

2. Lying-in.



confinement
 violated vi·o·late  
tr.v. vi·o·lat·ed, vi·o·lat·ing, vi·o·lates
1. To break or disregard (a law or promise, for example).

2. To assault (a person) sexually.

3.
 their Eighth Amendment rights. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants in part, and denied it in part. The court found that summary judgment was precluded by fact issues as to whether fighting that broke out as the result of prisoners urinating on each other constituted a threat to the health and safety of the inmates. The inmates alleged that violence among inmates broke out when urine splashed splash  
v. splashed, splash·ing, splash·es

v.tr.
1. To propel or scatter (a fluid) about in flying masses.

2.
 on inmates who slept on cell floors next to toilets, due to crowding. (Camden County Correctional Facility, New Jersey)
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Title Annotation:Former inmates sues Camden County Correctional Department for conditions of confinement and violation of Eighth Amendment rights
Publication:Corrections Caselaw Quarterly
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1U2NJ
Date:Aug 1, 2003
Words:129
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