About 185 death-row inmates in Texas are suing the state over its solitary confinement policy.

Texas Inmates Sue Over Solitary Confinement Policy

185 death row inmates are suing the state's prison system. This is a class action lawsuit, and it claims that the state is violating the constitutional rights of these imprisoned people by keeping them in indefinite solitary confinement. Right now, in Texas, there are about 3000 imprisoned people in what's called restrictive housing. That's the term used for solitary confinement. More than 500 of these people have spent a decade in isolation. A 138 of them have spent the last 20 years in these conditions. Now, since January 10, dozens of imprisoned people have been on a hunger strike. They're protesting these living conditions.