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3 Liberal Supreme Court Justices Dissent in Cruel and Unusual Punishment Case

Denying a solitary-confinement prisoner access to exercise for three years violates the Constitution, says Justice Jackson.
3 Liberal Supreme Court Justices Dissent in Cruel and Unusual Punishment Case
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson poses for an official portrait in Washington on Oct. 7, 2022. Alex Wong/Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
Matthew Vadum
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The Supreme Court’s three liberal justices disagreed with the court’s decision not to hear the case of an Illinois inmate who claims that for three years he was illegally denied the opportunity to exercise while in solitary confinement.

In refusing to grant the petition in Johnson v. Prentice (court file 22-693), the justices declined to take up an appeal that would have looked at what rights are possessed by prisoners who have been isolated by authorities.

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