What is the current state of the law on solitary confinement?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Reed v. Paramo, Case No.: 18-CV-361 JLS (LL) (S.D. Cal. 2019):
The conditions under which a prisoner is confined and the treatment they receive are subject to scrutiny under the Eighth Amendment, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 832 (1994). The Eighth Amendment "embodies 'broad and idealistic concepts of dignity, civilized standards, humanity, and
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