US court revives lawsuit over Oklahoma prison conditions
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December 13, 2017
MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) — A federal appeals court has revived an Oklahoma prison inmate's lawsuit alleging conditions at a state prison violated his constitutional rights.
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals handed down the ruling Tuesday in a lawsuit filed by 32-year-old Joseph Womble, who's serving an 11-year sentence for first-degree robbery.
Womble's lawsuit alleges temperatures in his cell at the Mack Alford Correctional Center in Stringtown exceeded 90 degrees 15 times in June 2016, causing him to become dehydrated.
Womble also alleges that the ice machine and water fountain in his unit stopp...
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