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| Death Row Prisoners Challenge Conditions |
| By courthousenews.com- Nick Cahill |
| Published: 06/19/2015 |
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SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - California holds death row inmates in unconstitutional "extreme isolation" at San Quentin, six prisoners claim in a federal class action. Lead plaintiff Bobby Lopez sued for about 100 men held in "extreme isolation" at San Quentin State Prison's "Adjustment Center," one of three units that hold condemned men. All are classified "Grade B" prisoners, subjecting them to "stark and cruel deprivations," including 21 to 24 hours per day in their cell, just three showers per week and lack of sleep due to constant suicide checks by jailers. Lopez claims that all condemned prisoners deemed to have gang affiliations are classified Grade, whether they were in a gang or not. He claims the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation violates their constitutional rights by making them Grade B prisoners though they have not participated in gang activity at San Quentin. Read More. |
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