The Eighth Amendment to the US Constitution prohibits cruel and unusual punishment, and D.C. Council member Brianne Nadeau has authored a bill to ban all forms of solitary confinement in the District of Columbia jail.

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The Eighth Amendment to the US Constitution prohibits cruel and unusual punishment, and D.C. Council member Brianne Nadeau has authored a bill to ban all forms of solitary confinement in the District of Columbia jail.
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