Examples of Deliberate indifference in a sentence
Deliberate indifference exists if an official “knows of and disregards an excessive risk to inmate health or safety; the official must both be aware of facts from which the inference could be drawn that a substantial risk of serious harm exists, and he must also draw the inference.” Farmer, 511 U.S. at 837, 114 S.
Deliberate indifference refers to a response to sexual harassment that is clearly unreasonable in light of the known circumstances.
Id. Deliberate indifference is characterized by obduracy or wantonness, not inadvertence or good faith error.
Deliberate indifference “entails something more than mere negligence,” but can be “satisfied by something less than acts or omissions for the very purpose of causing harm or with knowledge that harm will result.” Farmer, 511 U.S. at 835.
Deliberate indifference occurs when a defendant realizes that a substantial risk of serious harm to a prisoner exists, and then disregards that risk.