In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court find that severe overcrowding in California state prisons denied inmates satisfactory levels of mental and physical health care, and therefore amounted toEighth Amendment violations of cruel and unusual punishment?

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In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court find that severe overcrowding in California state prisons denied inmates satisfactory levels of mental and physical health care, and therefore amounted toEighth Amendment violations of cruel and unusual punishment? ​

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In Brown v. Plata (2011), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that California's prison overcrowding caused inadequate health care that was severe enough to violate the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. The Court mandated the state to reduce its prison population to alleviate these conditions.

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