What should be the test for determining when prison conditions constitute cruel and unusual punishments?

What should be the test for determining when prison conditions constitute cruel and unusual punishments?

Is a “deliberate indifference” standard appropriate? In what case does the Court first discuss this standard?

Is it unconstitutional to confine an inmate to a four-by-six foot cell?
Why or why not?

To double-cell an inmate with a chain smoker?  Why or why not?

To keep cells at 55 degrees? Why or why not?

Please remember to list your references in Bluebook format.

Note that your essay answer should contain a minimum of 350 words.

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An inmate is a person who is held or locked in a place in this case due to being found guilty of committing an offense or a crime in the court of law. Cruel punishment entails harsh punishment meted to the inmates while they are in custody. An example is the use of electric chair or use of non-lethal electric bolts. Death penalty should also be put in this category. Prisons are used to separate the inmates from the society and rehabilitate such offenders to enable them correct their behaviour…..

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