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Seventh Circuit Questions the Denial of Gloves and Earmuffs to Prisoners

Pedro Diaz, an Illinois state prisoner, filed a federal lawsuit challenging Pontiac state prison officials' refusal to allow him to use a hat and gloves when exercising "in his outdoor cell" in the prison yard in very cold weather. He had medical evidence showing that he required the exercise …

 

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