“Do You See How Much I’m Suffering Here?”
Summary Do you see how much I’m suffering here? Do you think anyone deserves to be punished like this? … Sometimes I get anxious. … I thought about killing myself once, but then I regretted it and told...
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Summary Neal Scott may die in prison. A 49-year-old Black man from New Orleans, Neal had cycled in and out of prison for drug possession over a number of years. He said he was never offered treatment...
View Article“We Are in Tombs”
Summary “It was designed so that those who go in don’t come out again unless dead. It was designed for political prisoners.” –Ibrahim Abd al-Ghaffar, former warden, during a television interview in...
View Article“Not in it for Justice”
Summary On the night of November 2, 2015, Maria Soto’s 18-year-old son Daniel went out with friends and did not come home. At 1:30 p.m. the next day, Maria finally got a call: Daniel had been stabbed...
View ArticleReligious Exemptions and Third-Party Harms (The Federalist Society for Law...
(Source: The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies) Federalist Society Review, Volume 17, Issue 3 Note from the Editor: This article discusses the effect that third-party harms should...
View ArticlePresident Trump: Irish writers have their say
While we were sleeping, first we voted into office the ones who watch you drown while very articulately expressing concern; then we tried voting for the ones who kind of like to see you drown. – from...
View ArticleSenate votes to ban shackling juveniles for court proceedings
SENATE MAJORITY OFFICE Oregon State Legislature State Capitol Salem, OR NEWS RELEASE April 3, 2017 CONTACT: Rick Osborn (503) 986-1074 Rick.osborn@oregonlegislature.gov Senate votes to ban shackling...
View ArticleTorture, Slow Death in Egypt Junta's Aqrab Prison (Freedom and Justice Party)
(Source: Freedom and Justice Party) 'Tombs for the living!' This is the most 'moderate' description of Aqrab (Scorpion) Prison cells. Unlike humans who die the simple one death, detainees in this...
View ArticleHRW Letter to UN Committee against Torture on Pre-Sessional Review of China...
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) February 12, 2015 Members of the United Nations Committee against Torture Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 52 rue des Pâquis CH-1201...
View Article“Not in it for Justice”
Summary On the night of November 2, 2015, Maria Soto’s 18-year-old son Daniel went out with friends and did not come home. At 1:30 p.m. the next day, Maria finally got a call: Daniel had been stabbed...
View ArticleThatcher's juvenile justice reform bill passes unanimously
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jonathan Lockwood Communications Director 971-645-2140 Jonathan.Lockwood@OregonLegislature.gov Thatcher's juvenile justice reform bill passes unanimously SALEM, Ore.-Today, the...
View ArticleLocal Courts to Adopt Rules for Juvenile Shackling Under New Statewide Rule...
(Source: Supreme Court of Ohio) An amendment to the Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio will mandate that local courts adopt rules to regulate the shackling of youth appearing in court...
View ArticleNY police handcuff, shackle ‘combative five-year-old’
The idea that police officers should use handcuffs and leg shackles to control an unruly individual is hardly unusual in the U.S., where fondness for the use of metal restraints runs through the...
View ArticleSheriff's deputy shackled elementary school students who had disabilities,...
A Kentucky deputy sheriff restrained two elementary school children with disabilities using handcuffs, shackling their arms behind their backs and causing them pain and emotional trauma, a new federal...
View ArticleSheriff defends officer who shackled school children
A Kentucky sheriff is standing behind a deputy officer who restrained two elementary school children with disabilities using handcuffs last fall, saying he did nothing wrong. "Covington Schools'...
View ArticleOhio courts to adopt rules for juvenile shackling under new rule (Ohio State...
(Source: Ohio State Bar Association) March 28, 2016 An amendment to the Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio will mandate that local courts adopt rules to regulate the shackling of youth...
View ArticleSeriously ill detainee was shackled hours before he died
Home Office report into death of man handcuffed during surgery raises important questions about vulnerable detainees’ care...
View ArticleFormer Cook County Sheriff’s Deputy Sentenced To 1 Year In Prison For Using...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois) CHICAGO - A former Cook County sheriff's deputy was sentenced today to one year in federal prison for violating the civil...
View ArticleFormer Cook County Sheriff’s Deputy Sentenced to One Year in Prison for Using...
(Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation - Chicago Field Office) CHICAGO-A former Cook County sheriff's deputy was sentenced today to one year in federal prison for violating the civil rights of a man...
View ArticleAccused killer uncuffed to communicate with lawyers
Daniel French, the Kentucky man accused of killing an 87-year-old Monroe woman, was escorted into court Tuesday restrained by shackles, handcuffs and a belly band. But his right hand was freed after a...
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