Opinion ID: 1339555
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Text: Based upon this constitutional and statutory background, we proceed to analyze the present case by finding that the combination of conditions existing at the Pocahontas County Jail is sufficient to warrant the conclusion that the constitutional standards have been violated by the totality of conditions analysis stated in Dawson, supra, citing Hutto v. Finney, supra . See also Williams v. Edwards, 547 F.2d 1206 (5th Cir.1977); Ramos v. Lamm, 639 F.2d 559 (10th Cir.1980), cert. denied, 450 U.S. 1041, 101 S.Ct. 1759, 68 L.Ed.2d 239 (1981); Vest v. Lubbock County Commissioners Court, 444 F.Supp. 824 (N.D.Tex.1977); Annot., 51 A.L.R.3d 111, 206 (1973); Comment, Complex Enforcement: Unconstitutional Prison Conditions, 94 Harv.L.Rev. 626 (1981). We proceed to examine each of the petitioners' complaints.