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Bell Vs. Wolfish

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  • US Supreme Court
  • May 14, 1979

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  14. U.S. 520 (1979) U.S. Supreme Court Bell v. Wolfish
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  15. U.S. 520 (1979) Bell v. Wolfish
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  16. Wolfish v. Levi
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  17. F.2d 118, 124 (1978), quoting Rhem v. Malcolm
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  18. Wolfish v. Levi
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  19. F.Supp. 114, 124 (1977), quoting Detainees of Brooklyn House of Detention v. Malcolm
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  20. would amount to cruel and unusual punishment. United States ex rel. Wolfish v. United
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  21. Ibid., quoting Rhem v. Malcolm
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  22. our admonition in Procunier v. Martinez
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  23. Campbell v. McGruder
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  24. Detainees of Brooklyn House of Detention v. Malcolm
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  25. Rhem v. Malcolm
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  26. supra at 336. But see Feeley v. Sampson
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  27. Hampton v. Holmesburg
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  28. from the fact of his arrest, indictment, or custody, or from other matters not introduced as proof at trial. Taylor v. Kentucky
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  29. Estelle v. Williams
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  30. Taylor v. Kentucky
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  31. Coffin v. United
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  32. and the curtailment of liberty that such a decision necessarily Page 441 U. S. 534 entails. See Gerstein v. Pugh
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  33. United States v. Maron
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  34. may permissibly detain a person suspected of committing a crime prior to a formal adjudication of guilt. See Gerstein v. Pugh
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  35. Stack v. Boyle
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  36. this desire simply does not rise to the level of those fundamental liberty interests delineated in cases such as Roe v. Wade
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  37. Page 441 U. S. 535 Eisenstadt v. Baird
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  38. Page 441 U. S. 536 See Ingraham v. Wright
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  39. Wong Wing v. United
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  40. Virginia v. Paul
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  41. constitutionally be imposed prior to a determination of guilt and regulatory restraints that may. See, e.g., Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez
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  42. De Veau v. Braisted
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  43. U. S. 144 , 363 U. S. 160 (1960). In Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez
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  44. the purpose of punishment or whether it is but an incident of some other legitimate governmental purpose. See Flemming v. Nestor
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  45. Flemming v. Page
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  46. them must reflect that fact, rather than a court's idea of how best to operate a detention facility. Cf. United States v. Lovasco
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  47. United States v. Russell
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  48. Campbell v. McGruder
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  49. taxed some of the equipment or particular facilities in certain of the common areas, United States ex rel. Wolfish v. United
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  50. Our conclusion in this regard is further buttressed by the detainees' length of stay at the MCC. See Hutto v. Finney
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