how does the eighth amendment protect prisoners
The Eighth Amendment (Amendment VIII) to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights (ratified December 15, 1791) prohibiting the federal government from imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishments, including torture.xcessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. [H]owever unlimited the power of the court may seem, it is far from being wholly arbitrary; but its discretion is regulated by law.