Concerned by the overcrowding in prisons, federal judges issued orders in the 1990s calling for either immediate improvement or the release of people being held in conditions that violate the ________ Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.

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The Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution prohibits the infliction of cruel and unusual punishment. Therefore, federal judges would issue orders calling for either improvements to prison conditions or the release of prisoners being held in conditions that violate the Eighth Amendment.

Concerned by the Overcrowding in Prisons, Federal Judges Issued Orders