[USA] Civil Liability for Prisoner Assault by Inmates / AELE, April 2007
2007 (5) AELE Mo. L. J. 301 Jail & Prisoner Law Section –May, 2007
PDF - http://www.aele.org/law/2007JBMAY/2007-05MLJ301.pdf
"An area that has given rise to a significant number of lawsuits against correctional institutions and employees is that of alleged failure to adequately protect prisoners from assaults by each other. Correctional facilities are, of course, places with many persons prone to violence. It would probably be impossible to prevent all prisoner assaults on other inmates. Correctional facilities and employees, therefore, cannot ensure that no such violence will take place. What kind of measures does the law require, and when will there be civil liability for failure to apply them?"