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Estelle v. Gamble (1976)

US Supreme Court decision holding that deliberate indifference to a prisoner's serious medical need constitutes cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment, establishing the constitutional baseline for medical and mental health care in US prisons.

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ACCT processBNSS 2023 § 367Mandela RulesMental Healthcare Act 2017 § 103MHA 1983 § 47MHA 1983 § 48Sell v. United States (2003)

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