US appeals court says man can sue Pennsylvania over 26 years of solitary confinement

US appeals court says man can sue Pennsylvania over 26 years of solitary confinement

PHILADELPHIA — A man who spent 26 years in solitary confinement despite a history of mental illness can sue Pennsylvania prison officials for alleged cruel and unusual punishment, a U.S. appeals court said in reviving the man’s lawsuit. Roy Lee Williams spent nearly all of his time alone from 1993 until 2019, when a legal … Read more