Robin Anderson v. Thomas A. Coughlin, Iii, Commissioner of the New York State Department of Correctional Services

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• holding that one hour per day of outdoor exercise is constitutionally sufficient for Eighth Amendment purposes
• holding that Eighth Amendment was not violated when inmates confined to special housing units were allowed one hour of outdoor exercise per day
• holding that Eighth Amendment was not violated when inmates confined to special housing units were allowed one hour of outdoor exercise per day
• noting that “[c]ourts have recognized that some opportunity for exercise must be afforded to prisoners,” but the Constitution does not mandate it take a particular form
• “The Eighth Amendment does not guarantee ... that all reasonable steps will be taken to minimize the risks” of injury to prisoners’ health and well being

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).