Lawsuit alleges IDOC inmates denied exercise in ‘dungeon-like’ solitary cells
The Illinois Department of Corrections confined inmates in "dungeon-like conditions" in solitary confinement and refused to allow them to exercise, causing chronic physical and psychological pain, a…
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