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Ninth Circuit Weighs Whether Inmates Are Constitutionally Entitled to Direct Sunlight


San Francisco Hall of Justice, which houses County Jail No. 4. (Courthouse News photo via Wikipedia)
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) A federal judge wrongly ordered two San Francisco county jails to provide an hour of access to outdoor sunlight per week to pre-trial inmates locked up for more than four years, an attorney for the city argued before three Ninth Circuit judges Thursday.
“There is no per se constitutional right to outdoor recreation under either the Eighth or the Fourteenth amendments,” Deputy City Attorney Kaitlyn Murphy said, referring to the U.S. Constitution’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment and its guarantee of the right to due process. ....

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