The Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from an incarcerated
man in Illinois who argued that his prolonged solitary confinement and
denial of outdoor exercise violates the Eighth Amendment. Michael
Johnson, the plaintiff, spent three years in solitary in a small,
windowless cell at Pontiac Correctional Center in Illinois, where he was
routinely denied the ability to exercise as punishment for behavioral
symptoms of his mental illness. In response to the Court’s rejection,
Johnson’s lawyer stated “we are saddened to live in an era where
imposing such cruelty—let alone on a person known to suffer from mental
illness — is acceptable to any federal judge.”
Videoconferencing can lead to increased exhaustion, according to a recent study that monitored the brains of university students attending lectures online. Participants were found to have reduced heart rates and reported feeling tired, drowsy and “fed up” compared with those attending lectures in person. More
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