The Importance Of The Eighth Amendment

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Prisoners were kept in prisons that lacked power, supplies, and plumbing during the emergency. The Eighth Amendment protects people from “cruel or unusual punishment.” By keeping prisoners in harsh conditions does not violate the Eight Amendment because the storm’s effects were not intentional punishments. Officers did not receive any emergency training or evacuation plans, which resulted in the prisoners being kept in harsh conditions. When the prisoners were evacuated to other jails many issues occurred due to the overcrowded conditions. It should be compulsory for all officers to be put through emergency training and an evacuation plan should be put together so in the future this issue will not occur

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