Milwaukee Sheriff Must Respond to Cruel and Unusual Punishment Claim

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Tomorrow is the deadline for the Milwaukee Sheriff’s Department to respond to an order from a federal appeals court. At issue is a claim of cruel and unusual punishment brought by a Wisconsin prison inmate. Gilman Halsted reports.

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