Friend and attorney Chase Strangio tells Obama, ‘Her life is in your hands.’
With mere weeks left under an Obama presidency, advocates have launched what they describe as a last ditch effort to save national security whistleblower Chelsea Manningbefore Donald Trump and his team of pro-torture, anti-LGBTQ war hawks ascend to power. With a protest outside the White House on Saturday and a vigil outside Fort Leavenworth
‘Prisons will never provide the solution to the problem’ of terrorism, The Guardian warns in an editorial. ‘But it is right to expect the prisons not to make the problem worse.’
AUSTIN, Texas --- British and French prisons may soon employ controversial methods like solitary confinement and 'terrorist-only' units in an effort to curb radicalization efforts in prisons and to keep inmates from turning to terrorism. Compared to their overall populations, England, Wales and France disproportionately imprison Muslims. A study
‘While Chelsea is suffering the darkest depression she has experienced since her arrest, the government is taking actions to punish her for that pain’
U.S. whistleblower Chelsea Manning may face additional charges and solitary confinement relating to a suicide attempt earlier this month, according to her attorneys. The charges include "resisting the force cell move team," "conduct which threatens," and "prohibited property," the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said Thursday. If
‘If that ain’t a form of torture, I don’t know what is,’ one North Carolina inmate said of his experience in solitary confinement.
RALEIGH, North Carolina --- Half as many prisoners in North Carolina face solitary confinement, thanks to dedicated efforts to cut back on the controversial practice often equated with torture. “Last spring, roughly 5,330 of the state’s 38,000 prisoners – 1 in 7 – were segregated from other inmates on any given day,” wrote Taylor Knopf on May 26
“Considering the severe mental pain or suffering solitary confinement may cause, it can amount to torture…when used as a punishment, during pre-trial detention, indefinitely or for a prolonged period, for persons with mental disabilities or juveniles.”
A report released by the Nebraska American Civil Liberties Union this week reveals the state’s extensive use of solitary confinement in children across multiple juvenile detention centers. Solitary confinement is considered a form of torture by the U.N., and in recent years, has been outlawed and scaled back in the United States. In Nebraska,
The agreement comes in response to a class action lawsuit brought by ten inmates at the Pelican Bay State Prison, represented by lawyers from the Center for Constitutional Rights
Published in partnership with Shadowproof. California has agreed to restrict the use of long-term solitary confinement in a settlement agreement filed in federal court this week. The agreement [PDF] comes in response to a class action lawsuit brought by ten inmates at the Pelican Bay State Prison, represented by lawyers from the Center
