Bell v. Wolfish (1979), Rhodes v. Chapman (1981), and Brown v. Plata (2011) are all cases pertaining to what Eighth Amendment issue?

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Bell v. Wolfish (1979) dealt with the constitutionality of double-celling and crowding in prisons, while Rhodes v. Chapman (1981) focused on the same issue but with a specific emphasis on cell size. Brown v. Plata (2011) also dealt with overcrowding in California prisons and required the state to reduce its prison population to address the unconstitutional conditions created by such overcrowding.

Bell V Wolfish (1979), Rhodes V