Federal Court Deems Solitary Confinement Of Mentally Ill Cruel And Unusual Punishment

Federal Court Deems Solitary Confinement Of Mentally Ill Cruel And Unusual Punishment: pIndiana’s confinement of mentally ill prisoners in solitary confinement is cruel and unusual under the Constitution’s Eighth Amendment, a federal judge ruled last week in one of just a handful of decisions on the severe treatment. In a sweeping class action ruling that affects all current and future mentally ill patients subject to segregated confinement in the [...]/p