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Lawsuit Charges Solitary Confinement in Arizona’s Prisons Is Cruel and Unusual Punishment
A federal class-action lawsuit filed today by a legal team led by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Prison Law Office is noteworthy on several fronts. It documents the torturous conditions in Arizona’s supermax prisons and other lockdown units. And it combines a challenge to solitary confinement with claims of “grossly inadequate” medical and mental health care, arguing that […]
Jean Casella and James Ridgeway