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After 36 years, inmate to leave solitary
By pressherald.com- Mark Scolforo
Published: 09/22/2016

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania inmate who has won a court order freeing him from solitary after 36 years told his lawyer Wednesday he looks forward to simply being with others in the prison yard and taking classes beyond his third-grade education.

Attorney Bret Grote said Arthur Johnson, 64, was “obviously very happy” when told of a federal judge’s recent order to free him.

“He was very grateful and glad that the decision came out the way it did,” Grote said. “We all felt very confident in the strength of our case, and that there was no legitimate basis for keeping him in these conditions for this incredible amount of time.”

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