Freeman v. Berge.U.S. District Court SOLITARY CONFINEMENT solitary confinement n. the placement of a prisoner in a Federal or state prison in a cell away from other prisoners, usually as a form of internal penal discipline, but occasionally to protect the convict from other prisoners or to prevent the prisoner from causing Freeman v. Berge, 283 F.Supp.2d 1009 (W.D.Wis. 2003). An inmate challenged the conditions of his confinement. The district court granted qualified immunity Qualified immunity is a doctrine in United States law providing immunity from suit to government officials performing discretionary functions when their action did not violate clearly established law. Qualified immunity was created by the U.S. to the defendants, finding that depriving an inmate of sensory stimulation sensory stimulation, n in acupuncture, the practice of inserting needles into skin and tissue to coax the body into using its energy to heal itself. or social interaction did not violate the inmate's clearly established rights. The inmate alleged he was denied access to the outdoors, was subject to 24-hour lighting and audio and video-monitoring. The court noted that agreement among mental health professionals regarding the deleterious effects of solitary confinement did not translate into legal notice that the defendants may have been violating the Eighth Amendment. (Supermax Correctional Facility, Boscobel, Wisconsin Boscobel is a city located in the Driftless Zone, in Wisconsin's Grant County. Approximately 0.6 mi. (1 km) to the north of the city, across a riparian swamp, is the Wisconsin River. U.S. Highway 61 crosses the Wisconsin River at Boscobel. ) |
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