In Which Case Did the U

question 55

Multiple Choice

In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court find that severe overcrowding in California state prisons denied inmates satisfactory levels of mental and physical health care, and therefore amounted toEighth Amendment violations of cruel and unusual punishment? ​

• A)Brown v. Plata
• B)Hudson v. Palmer
• C)Cruz v. California
• D)Wolff v. McDonnell

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