Case 12-2
Officer Hernandez has been working for the correctional system for 5 years. As a custodial officer he has performed almost every job inside the prison walls. He is well respected by the inmates and his fellow officers. Officer Hernandez found out that there is an opportunity to be promoted. He studies for the exam and reviews all the policies and duties for the employees at the correctional institution.
-One of Sergeant Hernandez's rookie officers has been known to use excessive force. Sergeant Hernandez must evaluate if the level of force used by Officer Williams is a violation of an inmate's Eighth Amendment protections. Which Supreme Court case held that the use of force by prison officials violates an inmate's Eighth Amendment protections only if the force amounts to the "unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain"?

Question

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The Supreme Court case Whitley v. Albers held that the use of force by prison officials violates an inmate's Eighth Amendment protections only if the force amounts to the "unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain."

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