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Prisoner with Mental Illness Locked in Solitary Filth in Private Jail
A lawsuit filed in federal court in Tennessee claims that one prisoner at a privately run Nashville jail was placed in solitary confinement, where he was denied health care and did not shower, exercise, or leave his filthy cell for nine months. The suit, filed after a guard blew the whistle on the inmate’s condition, suggests a […]
Jean Casella and James Ridgeway