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‘Unconstitutionally cruel treatment’: Michigan prisoner seeks release from solitary confinement after 35 years

Paul Egan, Detroit Free PressComments Off on ‘Unconstitutionally cruel treatment’: Michigan prisoner seeks release from solitary confinement after 35 years

Solitary confinement that lasts more than a few weeks amounts to torture and is harmful for prisoners with a mental illness, experts say.

      
Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press
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