How the courts have sanctioned extreme violence by prison guardsThe Supreme Court decided in the 1980s that brutal force by corrections officers is acceptable as long as it isn’t “malicious and sadistic.”

How the courts have sanctioned extreme violence by prison guardsThe Supreme Court decided in the 1980s that brutal force by corrections officers is acceptable as long as it isn’t “malicious and sadistic.”

New York law enforcement officers in riot gear after they regained control of prisoners following the Attica prison revolt…