CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge: The plaintiffs-appellants, inmates at Virginia State Penitentiary (VSP), brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 1 class action for declaratory and injunctive relief alleging that various conditions of their confinement violated the eighth amendment’s proscription against cruel and unusual punishment. The parties consented to trial before a Unit…
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