Herbert F. McGill Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Jack R. Duckworth, Defendants-Appellants/cross-Appellees

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1991-09-17

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EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge. Prisons are dangerous places. Housing the most aggressive among us, they place violent people in close quarters. Those who have difficulty conforming to society’s norms outside prison may find obedience no more attractive inside — and the threat of punishment for violence is diminished for one already serving a long term. Herbert McGill asks the federal courts to hold prison officials to answer fo…

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