What is a Deliberate Indifference?

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A wanton disregard by correctional personnel for the well-being of inmates. Deliberate indifference requires both actual knowledge that harm is occurring and disregard of the risk of harm. A prison official may be held liable under the Eighth Amendment for acting with deliberate indifference to inmate health or safety only if he or she knows that inmates face a substantial risk of serious harm and disregards that risk by failing to take reasonable measures to abate it.

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a. heavy caseloads b. treatment function c. control function d. treatment and control functions

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A. He believed that the major function of the police was preventing and not fighting crime. B. He advocated education as a key ingredient in professionalizing policing. C. He advocated that police and politics need to work closely for best results. D. He believed that citizens must be given free training in methods of self-policing.

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Explain why the Federal Bureau of Investigation adopted an "imminent danger" standard for the use of deadly force. List and discuss the four key elements of that policy

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