'Deliberate indifference': The Supreme Court standard that requires prisoners to prove mindset to win Eighth Amendment claims

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James Vandevender sued Minnesota prison officials in 2018 after another prisoner attacked him using a wooden post from a prison shop. He lost his case.

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The PLRA was meant to end frivolous prisoner lawsuits. It's stymied most legitimate Eighth Amendment cases too.

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Juanita Ornelas, a Texas prisoner, filed a lawsuit in 2018 claiming the state had failed to protect her from repeated sexual assaults; she presents as masculine in prison for safety reasons. A federal judge dismissed the case.

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How Business Insider investigated the state of the Eighth Amendment

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The William G. McConnell Unit in Beeville, Texas.

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The Eighth Amendment is meant to protect against prisoner abuse. Less than 1% of cases succeed.

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Globe Life hit with EEOC finding it "created, condoned" a work environment that is abusive to women

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Exclusive ICE training documents encourage quick, decisive use of deadly force, say little about de-escalation

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Business Insider seeks tips regarding potential abuses by corporate landlords across the US

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement has kept its use of deadly force secret. Until now.

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Locked out

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Alfred Perry got word on Labor Day weekend. He'd just thrown one of his signature cookouts in the courtyard of his apartment complex in Las Vegas.

When renters get locked out, it's unlikely they'll ever get back in.

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Henisha Dunn, right, and her fiancé were forced out of their basement apartment in Atlanta in February 2023.

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