Armstead v. Phelps

PONDER, Judge.

Plaintiffs appealed the trial court’s dismissal of their 42 U.S.C. § 19831 action *1051alleging that certain policies in effect at Camp J, Louisiana State Penitentiary, were violative of Amendments One,2 Five,3 Eight4 and Fourteen5 of the Federal Constitution and Article 1, Sections 36 and 127 of the Louisiana Constitution. The following policies in effect at Camp J were complained of: 1) the cuffing of prisoners’ hands behind them when transferred to and from all call-outs, the prison’s hospital, dentist or doctor, and the visitation area; 2) the allowance of one five-minute…