Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 9, 1982.
WALLACE, Circuit Judge:
Certain inmates at the Washington State Penitentiary (the penitentiary) brought suit against the Governor of the State of Washington and various officials of the State of Washington corrections system (the State), alleging that conditions at the penitentiary amounted to cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment,
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