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Appeals court: Mentally ill prisoner held in solitary confinement for months can sue MDOC

"Rather than treat Mr. Finley’s serious mental health needs, these officials imposed on him a condition they knew would make it drastically worse: months of near-total isolation in a windowless cell the size of a compact parking space," Monta said in an email. "We are gratified that the Sixth Circuit has recognized Mr. Finley’s humanity and allowed his case to proceed.”

Detroit Free Press

Supreme Court denies case involving prolonged confinement without exercise

Over the objections of its three liberal justices, the Supreme Court on Monday denied a petition from a prisoner confined for years without the chance to exercise outside his cell.

The Washington Post

Liberal justices object as Supreme Court rejects prisoner’s exercise claim

"We are saddened to live in an era where imposing such cruelty — let alone on a person known to suffer from mental illness — is acceptable to any federal judge." — Daniel M. Greenfield

NBC News

How Long Without Outdoor Exercise Is Too Long for a Prisoner in Solitary?

“Exercise is a basic human need, and its long-term denial may constitute cruel and unusual punishment,” said prison officials, who also asserted three years was tolerable. The case could reach the Supreme Court.

The New York Times

The Supreme Court Should Have Heeded Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Wisdom

Punishment that causes durable impairments of the punished person’s brain surely violates the Constitution’s Eighth Amendment proscription of “cruel and unusual punishments.”

The Washington Post

Sentenced to Life for an Accident Miles Away

A draconian legal doctrine called felony murder has put thousands of Americans—disproportionately young and Black—in prison.

The New Yorker

The Supreme Court should have heeded Ketanji Brown Jackson’s wisdom

Florida prisons lock people in dirty showers for hours, report finds

Prisoners say the stalls are often filthy, with feces, urine, black mold and mice; one man, MJC client Lynne Hamlet, said he got a near fatal infection while detained in a stall.

Tampa Bay Times

They’ve Got Next: The 40 Under 40

The MacArthur Justice Center's Amir Ali was named Bloomberg Law's 40 Under 40 Honoree

Bloomberg Law

Solitary confinement is still widespread in US prisons and jails

“The idea that someone would be in solitary confinement for more than a period of a few days or weeks was just not something that anyone accepted," MJC's Easha Anand

Al Jazeera