602 F. Supp. 2d 977 - Bowers v. Pollard’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate ·

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1. “• Your cell will be searched two times a week. • You will be given a bag meal. • You will be taken out of your cell of [sic] Fridays to review mail, write letter, etc. You will be allowed one hour to perform these tasks. An officer will be present at all time. • You will have a paper gown to wear. • Upon request, you will be given a self-help book by clinical services. • You will be given a segregation mattress. • You will be given a shower on regular shower days. As appropriate, a towel and hygiene supplies will be provided to you prior to the shower. You will be expected to return all items after the shower. No changes will be made in the plan without Lt. Swiekatowski, Program Supervisor Cooper, Dr. Hamilton and/or Dr. Breen’s approval. This plan will be reviewed on an ongoing and regular basis. Modifications will be made as appropriate, to include giving you more privileges and property as your behavior stabilizes, or taking more privileges and property if you become unstable.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Townsend v. Cooper

2. “Forced nudity can degrade and humiliate a prisoner. Refusing to allow him the use of a toilet so that he urinates or defecates on himself adds to the degradation. Absent a justification for such conditions, I am unable to say that they do not fall within the meaning of cruel and unusual punishment proscribed by the Eighth Amendment.....On the record before me, I am unable to determine whether, under the circumstances of this case, these conditions fall below Eighth Amendment standards. I therefore turn to the second element of the claim-whether the defendants denied Bowers civilized conditions of confinement intentionally or recklessly.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 740 F. Supp. 2d 1018 - Gruenberg v. Gempeler

3. “One can understand why clothing ... may not be immediately restored to an inmate who continually destroys them or appears suicidal and has used them to cause harm to himself ... [B]ut once an inmate is tied down to a bed, he is incapable of using articles of clothing or a blanket to harm himself or others. The defendants have offered no justification for forcing him to like naked for up to twelve hours.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 652 F. Supp. 2d 959 - Gay v. Chandra