Brister v. Cain

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI GREENVILLE DIVISION MICHAEL AMOS, et al. PLAINTIFFS V. NO. 4:20-CV-7-DMB-JMV NATHAN “BURL” CAIN, et al. DEFENDANTS ORDER This is a tale of two prisons—if both the story of the inmates and the story of the prison administrators are credited. One prison, as told by the inmates and their retained experts, is unfit for human habitation, is dangerously understaffed, contains an array of inhumane conditions, and stands in clear violation of the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. The other prison, according to the…