Legal Opinion
Johnny Smith v. J. W. Fairman
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 5, 1982No. 81-2859, 82-1052PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellee Johnny Smith brought this class action on behalf of himself and other similarly situated inmates incarcerated at Pontiac Correctional Center (Pontiac), a maximum security state penitentiary located in Pontiac, Illinois. Smith challenged the confinement conditions at Pontiac, alleging that the institutional practice of housing two prisoners in a single cell violated the eighth amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. The district court agreed and ultimately ordered wide-ranging relief, including the elimination of double occupancy…
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