What do you know about Lawsuit challenges state’s use of solitary confinement? A prisoner in solitary confinement for 12 years filed a lawsuit with four other prisoners against the state of NC saying the treatment violates the state constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. In the article it says that solitary confinement destroys mental health and also that the  treatment violate the state constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Human rights groups are involved in the lawsuit . https://federalnewsnetwork.com/health-news/2019/10/lawsuit-challenges-states-use-of-solitary-confinement/