Do Prisons Without Air-Conditioning Constitute 'Cruel and Unusual Punishment'?

[TDAS04]

Not sure about air conditioning.  It depends on the extent of suffering that would cause, and maybe it would depend on the heat in the location.

There should be minimal standards of how prisoners are treated.  Prisons shouldn't be a "walk in the park" and prisoners who commit crime should lose some rights for the time of incarceration, but that doesn't mean that prisoners shouldn't have any rights.

I'm sure some would call my position "moderate hero" but you can punish criminals and still have limits on the extent of doing so.  Someone commits a crime, so inflict a punishment that fits that crime.  Just because a shoplifter may be incarcerated for a little while doesn't mean you get to rip his finger nails out.  It seems that many on this forum fall into either of 2 extreme positions:  Sentence Hitler to some time at a Norwegian resort from some of our more lefty posters, or execute 14-year-olds from our more conservative ones.  I've been called a "moderate hero" for supporting a more moderate criminal justice system, but we can punish criminals without punishing them disproportionately.