Laaman v. Helgemoe

How courts have described this case

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• noting that Eighth Amendment requires that prisons “be minimally safe: dangers are presented . . . by the presence of rats, insects and other vermin”
• denying all visitation would violate “First Amendment rights to familial association” as well as Eighth Amendment rights
• finding prisoners “need not await the inevitable harm” caused by staff shortages, which “render medical services below constitutional muster” when the lack of coverage endangers the health of the inmate population
• indicating inmate's right to work under New Hampshire law is not unlimited
• inmates stripped to underwear or naked, no beds or interior light, no guard in area or regular checking
• denial of treatment may result in permanent damage or require corrective surgery

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).