Legal Opinion
Tillery v. Owens
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 29, 1990No. 89-3689PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.
I
Issue
In this appeal we are called upon to review the district court’s findings and conclusion that double-celling inmates in an overcrowded, dilapidated and unsanitary state prison violates the Eighth Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. The defendants/appellants also question the extent of the district court’s power to ameliorate prison conditions.
Appellees, inmates at the State Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh (SCIP), brought suit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against David…
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