BLACKMUN, Circuit Judge. The three plaintiffs-appellants, inmates of the Arkansas penitentiary, 1 in separate actions call upon us to direct the entry of an injunction barring the use of the strap as a disciplinary measure in Arkansas’ penal institutions. The claim is that the district court erred in refusing to hold that corporal punishment of prisoners is cruel and u…
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