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A band of prisoners responsible for enormous carnage — murders, rapes, vicious home invasions, kidnappings, beatings, bank robberies and the stabbing of a prison guard — is suing the Queen over their “awkward” and “uncomfortable” detention in prison.

They complain that barber services are not provided, library resources are inadequate, access to sunlight is insufficient and they suffer from sleep deprivation.

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The inmates seek money for negligence and breaches of their Charter rights causing “extreme stress and nervous shock.”

The federal government’s bid to have the suit thrown out was denied.

“The court can clearly grasp that the plaintiffs are unhappy to the point of frustration, distraction and despair, with the circumstances of their imprisonment,” wrote Federal Court of Canada Justice Roger T. Hughes.

“Whether this is a normal and expected consequence of that imprisonment or whether their circumstances have gone beyond those prescribed by the laws of Canada, is not sufficiently clear from the pleadings.”