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Civil rights Keyed to Jeffries, 5th Ed.
Smith v. Wade
Citation:
461 U.S. 30 (1983)Facts
Daniel Wade was an inmate at Algoa Reformatory, a Missouri facility for youthful first offenders. In summer 1976, Wade voluntarily entered protective custody due to prior incidents of violence against him. After disciplinary violations during his stay in protective custody, Wade was given a short term in punitive segregation and then transferred to administrative segregation. On Wade’s first day in administrative segregation, he was placed in a cell with another inmate. Later, when Smith came on duty, he placed a third inmate in Wade’s cell. This third inmate had been placed in administrative segregation for fighting. Smith made no effort to determine if another cell was available, though there was another cell in the same dormitory with only one occupant. Only a few weeks earlier, another inmate had been beaten to death in the same dormitory during Smith’s shift. According to Wade’s testimony, his cellmates harassed, beat, and sexually assaulted him. Wade brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Smith and four other guards and correctional officials, alleging that his Eighth Amendment rights had been violated.
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