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In reply to the discussion: ERIC HOLDER TO RUSSIA: We Will Not Torture Or Seek The Death Penalty For Edward Snowden [View all]Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)19. Torture in United States Prisons
https://afsc.org/sites/afsc.civicactions.net/files/documents/torture_in_us_prisons.pdf
Ending Torture in U.S. Prisons
Solitary Confinement Toolkit:
Top Five Recommended Comprehensive Resources
1. Solitary Confinement: A Question of Morals
2. National Geographic: Solitary Confinement
3. Prisons Rethink Isolation, Saving Money, Lives and Sanity
4. Annals of Human Rights: Hellhole - Is solitary confinement torture?
5. Confronting Confinement
The National Religious Campaign Against Torture's work on U.S. prisons is primarily focused on the use of solitary confinement. Solitary confinement has a variety of labels including isolation, segregation (seg), the hole, and many more. Regardless of the label, the conditions share common features. Prisoners are held by themselves in small cells for up to 23 hours per day and exercise alone for the remaining hour. Some prisoners have been held for months, years, even decades, in these isolated conditions and have experienced long-term mental harm as a result. Many studies have documented the detrimental psychological effects of solitary confinement, such as hallucinations, paranoia, and panic attacks. For NRCAT, the term 'prolonged solitary confinement is equated to torture - the point when the use of solitary confinement results in severe mental or physical pain or suffering.
The United States is a world leader in holding prisoners in prolonged solitary confinement. There are 44 state-run super-max prisons and one federal super-max prison -- each of which holds inmates exclusively in solitary confinement. At least 80,000 people in the U.S. criminal justice system are held in solitary confinement on any given day. From 1995 to 2000, the growth rate of segregation units significantly surpassed the prison growth rate overall: 40% compared to 28%. Some argue that the use of solitary confinement is a necessary management tool used for only the worst of the worst. However, prisoners sometimes end up in solitary confinement or are unable to move out of isolation due to non-violent prison rule infractions. This is especially the case for mentally-ill prisoners. Read this March 2012 New York Times article on the super-max prison in Parchman, Mississippi and its decision to dramatically reduce prisoners in solitary confinement because of the harm it caused to the mental health of the prisoners as well as the fiscal benefits it would gain from the change
http://www.nrcat.org/torture-in-us-prisons
Torture: The Use of Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons
http://ccrjustice.org/solitary-factsheet
Ending Torture in U.S. Prisons
Solitary Confinement Toolkit:
Top Five Recommended Comprehensive Resources
1. Solitary Confinement: A Question of Morals
2. National Geographic: Solitary Confinement
3. Prisons Rethink Isolation, Saving Money, Lives and Sanity
4. Annals of Human Rights: Hellhole - Is solitary confinement torture?
5. Confronting Confinement
The National Religious Campaign Against Torture's work on U.S. prisons is primarily focused on the use of solitary confinement. Solitary confinement has a variety of labels including isolation, segregation (seg), the hole, and many more. Regardless of the label, the conditions share common features. Prisoners are held by themselves in small cells for up to 23 hours per day and exercise alone for the remaining hour. Some prisoners have been held for months, years, even decades, in these isolated conditions and have experienced long-term mental harm as a result. Many studies have documented the detrimental psychological effects of solitary confinement, such as hallucinations, paranoia, and panic attacks. For NRCAT, the term 'prolonged solitary confinement is equated to torture - the point when the use of solitary confinement results in severe mental or physical pain or suffering.
The United States is a world leader in holding prisoners in prolonged solitary confinement. There are 44 state-run super-max prisons and one federal super-max prison -- each of which holds inmates exclusively in solitary confinement. At least 80,000 people in the U.S. criminal justice system are held in solitary confinement on any given day. From 1995 to 2000, the growth rate of segregation units significantly surpassed the prison growth rate overall: 40% compared to 28%. Some argue that the use of solitary confinement is a necessary management tool used for only the worst of the worst. However, prisoners sometimes end up in solitary confinement or are unable to move out of isolation due to non-violent prison rule infractions. This is especially the case for mentally-ill prisoners. Read this March 2012 New York Times article on the super-max prison in Parchman, Mississippi and its decision to dramatically reduce prisoners in solitary confinement because of the harm it caused to the mental health of the prisoners as well as the fiscal benefits it would gain from the change
http://www.nrcat.org/torture-in-us-prisons
Torture: The Use of Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons
http://ccrjustice.org/solitary-factsheet
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ERIC HOLDER TO RUSSIA: We Will Not Torture Or Seek The Death Penalty For Edward Snowden [View all]
ProSense
Jul 2013
OP
It is what I'd expect in a military brig as opposed to the civilian system Snowden will face. nt
arely staircase
Jul 2013
#5
I haven't seen any evidence his treatment was unusual given his circumstances. nt
arely staircase
Jul 2013
#8
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/12/bradley-manning-cruel-inhuman-treatment-un
think
Jul 2013
#32
I have read all of that before. Calling Manning's treatment torture is an insult to
arely staircase
Jul 2013
#44
it is the info I'm using to call bullshit on the Manning was trotured meme nt
arely staircase
Jul 2013
#55
"Cruel and inhuman" So you are fine with cruel & inhuman treatment. Just not torture.....
think
Jul 2013
#58
no. i don't agree with your premise - that he was subjected to anything cruel or inhumane.
arely staircase
Jul 2013
#60
My premise? It is the UN special rapporteur on torture that is making the statement!
think
Jul 2013
#63
If you disagree that 11 months of solitary without a trial isn't cruel and inhuman
think
Jul 2013
#67
Who said torture where? And No I still think his treatment was CRUEL & INHUMAN!!!!!!
think
Jul 2013
#73
he wote the letter because Snowden is asking for asylum and specifically saying he will be tortured
arely staircase
Jul 2013
#120
Manning's torture was largely brought on by extended periods of solitary confinement
NuclearDem
Jul 2013
#14
His "solitary confinement" was one in which he could speak to other prisoners
arely staircase
Jul 2013
#61
So your agreeing torture was ok for Manning. As for Civilian...Jose Padilla, yeah no torture there
Katashi_itto
Jul 2013
#93
Hyperventlating about a non-analogous case is something that Rush Limbaugh does
BumRushDaShow
Jul 2013
#75
Yeah fuck Manning that little traitor, now back to dreaming about how exceptional USA is!
bobduca
Jul 2013
#23
If someone had shown me text of some of the arguments here, fifteen years ago...
woo me with science
Jul 2013
#145
We don't torture! Well, except for the goumet meals being served by tube to prisoners in Guantanamo
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jul 2013
#11
I agree with that. But if that isn't happening I wouldn't let anyone starve to death. nt
arely staircase
Jul 2013
#36
Force feeding, especially when done brutally and exceptionally harmfully, is torture.
NuclearDem
Jul 2013
#34
It is always kinder for the cat to keep his captured victim alive as long as possible
Dragonfli
Jul 2013
#50
It's sad that the US has tortured enough times that our AG has to claim publicly
cui bono
Jul 2013
#51
Right, and St Snowedem, the Martyr, and Greenwald, the nasty villain, are putting it
Cha
Jul 2013
#172
If you think watergate is worse than this spying, no one should ever listen to you.
DisgustipatedinCA
Jul 2013
#160
If you think what you just said makes sense, then "no one should ever listen to you"
ProSense
Jul 2013
#162
So how is dystopian mass surveillance by a completely rogue, unaccountable branch of government
NuclearDem
Jul 2013
#165
He should come back to the US and make his case. Public opinion is shifting against him.
JaneyVee
Jul 2013
#41
"The US government does torture and assassinate. And it spies on all of its citizens. "
chimpymustgo
Jul 2013
#87
So Obama's complete inaction to stop the force feeding of prisoners at Gitmo?
NuclearDem
Jul 2013
#132
Torture is unlawful in US? Go tell that to prisoners who spent decades in solitary. Never even mind
idwiyo
Jul 2013
#108
Solitary confinement as practiced in US is torture. Any admin that allows it, allows torture.
idwiyo
Jul 2013
#124
Obama's is just the latest one of the admins that allowed it to continiue. Every single one of them
idwiyo
Jul 2013
#130
"Previous administrations may have been guilty of supporting torture that way...
ProSense
Jul 2013
#134
Yes, I'm saying that the lack of supporting evidence does partially absolve the previous ones
NuclearDem
Jul 2013
#136
Regardless of what you want to believe, solitary confinement as currently practiced in US is torture
idwiyo
Jul 2013
#174
Less than 14 days, daylight, free access to books, education, exercise, lawyer, NHS or equivalent,
idwiyo
Jul 2013
#179
Yeah, just like he claimed he would protect whistleblowers when he was campaigning.
forestpath
Jul 2013
#129
In a related story, Holder also issued a guarantee to Charlie Brown that Lucy would not pull the
Karmadillo
Jul 2013
#149
I'm thinking he never had a real relationship with his parents nor his girlfriend.
randome
Jul 2013
#169
Something 'odd' about you I think... for attempting to analyse Snowden's head without a bit
Purveyor
Jul 2013
#177