Trent Taylor was a Texas prisoner who entered a psychiatric unit for medical attention following a suicide attempt. Instead of providing treatment, prison officials stripped Mr. Taylor of his clothing, including his underwear, and placed him in a cell where almost every surface—including the floor, ceiling, windows, and walls—was covered in “massive amounts” of human feces belonging to previous occupants. Mr. Taylor was unable to eat because he feared that any food in the cell would become contaminated, and feces “packed inside the water faucet” prevented him from drinking water for days. The prison officials were well aware of these conditions, and at one point laughed that Mr. Taylor was “going to have a long weekend.”
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