新的分析显示,根据《第八修正案》对囚犯提起的诉讼在不到1%的时间内胜诉。 Prisoner lawsuits under the Eighth Amendment are winning less than 1% of the time, a new analysis shows.

Business Insider 对近 1,500 起囚犯诉讼的分析发现，第八修正案（Eightth Amendment）对防止残忍和不寻常惩罚的保护措施已显著削弱。 Business Insider's analysis of nearly 1,500 prisoner lawsuits found that protections under the Eighth Amendment, which guards against cruel and unusual punishment, have significantly weakened. 囚犯的案件与非囚犯的民权诉讼一样经常解决三分之一,赢得不到1%的时间。 Prisoners' cases settle a third as often as non-prisoners' civil rights suits and win less than 1% of the time. 1996年《监狱诉讼改革法》在这一下降中发挥了关键作用,使囚犯更难提起诉讼和赢得诉讼。 The 1996 Prison Litigation Reform Act has played a key role in this decline, making it harder for prisoners to file and win lawsuits.