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Quotation from Youngberg v. Romeo by Supreme Court of the United States
“Persons who have been involuntarily committed are entitled to more considerate treatment and conditions of confinement than criminals whose conditions of confinement are designed to punish.”
Youngberg v. Romeo, Opinion of the Court (Justice Powell), Part III-B (U.S. Reports text (Legal Information Institute))
Justice Powell rejects the Eighth Amendment standard used at trial as too lenient toward the institution.
Citation: "Persons who have been involuntarily committed are entitled to more considerate treatment and conditions of confinement than criminals whose conditions of confinement are designed to punish." — Supreme Court of the United States, Youngberg v. Romeo, Opinion of the Court (Justice Powell), Part III-B (U.S. Reports text (Legal Information Institute)). (id youngberg-v-romeo-q2)
Portrait: US Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell - 1976 official portrait, Color negative by Robert S. Oakes, Public domain.
