Friday, July 11, 2014
Prison reform group sues Pennsylvania officials over isolation inmate's suicide
[JURIST] The Abolitionist Law Center (ALC) [advocacy website] filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF] Tuesday in the US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania [official website] against several officials in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PADOC) [official website], alleging that their sustained use of solitary confinement on State Correctional Institution Cresson (SCI-Cresson) inmate Brandon Palakovic led him to commit suicide. Palakovic's family claims that he suffered life-long mental health issues [press release] and that the prison failed to provide...
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