No. 22-693October Term 2023Decided Nov 13, 2023
Johnson v. Prentice
This case involves a prisoner who was held in solitary confinement for three years in a windowless cell the size of a parking space and deprived of virtually all exercise.
Case status
- Current stage
- Decided
- Latest event
- Decision released Nov 13, 2023
- What it's about
This case involves a prisoner who was held in solitary confinement for three years in a windowless cell the size of a parking space and deprived of virtually all exercise. The Court considered whether such long-term deprivation of exercise without a security justification violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
Question presented
Whether such long-term deprivation of exercise without a security justification violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment?
- Case path
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit / Decision released Nov 13, 2023
- Area
Decided Supreme Court case
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- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
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- Apr 30, 2026
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