Pennsylvania inmates sue over 'tortuous conditions' of solitary confinement
Headline from The Sentinel (Carlisle)
The lawsuit accuses prison officials of placing inmates into confinement based on secret evidence, leaving them unable to challenge their placement.
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The lawsuit alleges that the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections unconstitutionally “isolates people with serious mental illnesses in permanent solitary confinement.”
A group of five Pennsylvania inmates have sued over the solitary confinement conditions in a state prison, saying the conditions are unconstitutional, worsening and creating mental illness in those held there.
