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Civil rights Keyed to Jeffries, 5th Ed.
Rhodes v. Chapman
Citation:
452 U.S. 337 (1981)Facts
The Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF) was a modern maximum-security prison built in the early 1970s with 1,620 cells, each measuring approximately 63 square feet. In 1975, due to an increase in Ohio’s statewide prison population, SOCF began housing two inmates in cells designed for one (double celling). At the time of trial, SOCF housed 2,300 inmates, with approximately 1,400 inmates double celled. Each cell contained a bed (or bunk bed for double cells), cabinet, sink, toilet, and radio. Most double-celled inmates could spend about 10-14 hours per day outside their cells in dayrooms, workshops, schoolrooms, or other prison facilities. The District Court found that despite double celling, the prison’s food, ventilation, temperature control, noise levels, and medical care were adequate, and violence had not increased disproportionately to the population increase.
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