Commonwealth, Department of Public Welfare, Farview State Hospital v. Kallinger

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• holding that correction officials could force-feed inmate on hunger strike who was attempting to manipulate the penal system; testimony indicated that his actions might prompt other inmates to “copycat” his actions
• holding that correction officials could force-feed inmate on hunger strike who was attempting to manipulate the penal system; testimony indicated that his actions might prompt other inmates to \copycat\ his actions
• stating that “[i]t is clear that allowing a prisoner to starve to death while in state custody would have an unpredictable negative effect on the security and order within the prison system”
• allowing the force-feeding of a prison inmate by finding the State's interest in the orderly administration of the prison system outweighed a prisoner's diminished right to privacy
• upholding forcible feeding of hunger-striking prisoner, because a state’s interests in prison security and discipline, prevention of suicide and integrity of medical profession, outweighed inmate’s individual freedoms
• allowing the force-feeding of a prison inmate by finding the State’s interest in the orderly administration of the prison system outweighed a prisoner’s diminished right to privacy

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