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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ariana Baio

Supreme Court rejects prisoner’s appeal on prolonged solitary confinement

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The conservative majority of the Supreme Court rejected an appeal from an Illinois inmate in solitary confinement who argued that denying him exercise was a form of cruel and unusual punishment.

The brief did not contain a reason why the six conservative justices declined the prisoner’s appeal.

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