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Food In Prison: An Eighth Amendment Violation Or Permissible Punishment?, Natasha M. Clark
Food In Prison: An Eighth Amendment Violation Or Permissible Punishment?, Natasha M. Clark
Honors Thesis
This piece analyzes aspects such as; Eighth Amendment provisions, penology, case law, privatization and monopoly, and food law, that play into the constitutionality of privatized prisons using food as punishment. Prisoners have protection from excessive bail and fines and from cruel and unusual punishment, as per the 8th Amendment; however, deprivations such as restricted diets and harm caused by them is only a valid violation if the prisoner can prove deliberate indifference. Privatization of the prison industry has led to reduced quality, choice, and diversity in areas such as food, which comes at a detrimental cost to prisoners. Serving …