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CA Supermax Prisoners Win Right To Sue As A Class Over Torture, Decades-Long Solitary

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A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford

The state of California may soon have to defend the indefensible. A federal judge has allowed inmates at the dreaded Pelican Bay supermax prison to challenge the constitutionality of decades-long terms of solitary confinement. The state will be compelled to prove that it is not in the business of mass torture.

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