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Jun. 20, 2015

San Quentin inmates file class action over solitary conditions

No windows, no phone calls, no contact, no sleep, no exit. That's how a class action lawsuit filed today on behalf of six men on death row describes conditions at San Quentin's "Adjustment Center."


By L.J. Williamson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


No windows, no phone calls, no contact, no sleep, no exit. That's how a newly filed
class action lawsuit on behalf of six men on death row describes conditions at San
Quentin's "Adjustment Center," solitary cells to which about 100 prisoners are confined
for up to 24 hours a day.


The suit's ...

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