tagged w/ prisoners' rights
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"New figures meanwhile show the US prison population has reached an all-time high. According to the Justice Department, 2.3 million people were behind bars last year. The prison population continues to grow at less than one percent, down from an annual six percent growth during the previous decade."
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/12/10/headlines
(image taken from the Callifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation websites "Prison Overcrowding Photos")"New figures meanwhile show the US prison population has reached an all-time... more
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"In New York, the trial of a young US citizen who has been held in twenty-three-hour solitary confinement for nearly three years has been delayed until next month. Syed Fahad Hashmi is charged with providing material support to al-Qaeda in a case that rests on the testimony and actions of an old acquaintance who turned government informant after his own arrest. Hashmi is being prosecuted for a two-week period when the informant stayed at his home carrying rain gear that was allegedly later delivered to al-Qaeda members in Pakistan. Hashmi’s period in solitary confinement is believed to be one of the longest ever for a prisoner before trial. Hashmi’s family and supporters continue to hold weekly rallies outside the Manhattan federal prison where he’s jailed."
Faisal Hashmi: “And from the court interactions where we see him in court, he looks like a shell of the person that he was before. He looks frail, and he looks jittery. As you can imagine, people cannot stand solitary confinement for a day or two days or three days. He’s been in solitary, straight solitary confinement, ahead of his trial for two-and-a-half years without having a conviction, because the government said so.”
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/12/8/headlines
"Of more than 200,000 federal inmates, 42 are held under special administrative measures (SAMs) and of those, 28 are imprisoned on terrorism-related convictions, the Justice Department said."
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5B851920091209"In New York, the trial of a young US citizen who has been held in... more
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This proves that if you are a lawyer, you have a license to be a thief. In the article the reason stated for the USA not following up on the charges (Despite the obvious and admitted guilt) is that the prosecution bringing justice would cost too much and tax the prosecutors office.
What a bunch of BS!
I guess that would ruin the image and careers of the lawyers.
This proves that if you are a lawyer, you have a license to be a thief. In the... more
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Jevon Jackson just wanted to hang his Jennifer Aniston picture in his cell. Not many pretty woman in prison, who can blame him. The prison officials thought differently and confiscated the picture. Well, he did what any red blooded American would do, he sued the prison. He took it all the way to federal court, and lost. He feels his first ammendment rights are being violated. He needs to tell that to the woman he murdered 14 years ago. Jevon Jackson just wanted to hang his Jennifer Aniston picture in his cell. Not many... more
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The prisoners at Guantanamo Bay should be released.
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