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7. Was this a black man???

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Sep 27, 2014, 02:43 AM

Sep 2014

I could not find a mention of the fact in the linked report. Nonetheless, this is a horrible indictment on the state of NC, mush less the USofA. You would think it was the 1920s or before.

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NC inmate died of thirst after 35 days in solitary [View all] Judi Lynn Sep 2014 OP

This is a disgrace. What a terrible example to the world. nt No Vested Interest Sep 2014 #1

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #2

Wouldn't that be negligent homicide? azurnoir Sep 2014 #3

Not when police or prison guards do it. Kelvin Mace Sep 2014 #21

Pathetic. Disgraceful. Solly Mack Sep 2014 #4

Disgusting! There is no excuse. Live and Learn Sep 2014 #5

That must have been a horrible way to die! Fock! C Moon Sep 2014 #6

Was this a black man??? ReRe Sep 2014 #7

Yes, he was, ReRe. I went to find more info after seeing your post, found a photo: Judi Lynn Sep 2014 #8

This is totally unacceptable. WTF wasn't this man receiving treatment for his illness deafskeptic Sep 2014 #9

It would take a criminally insane person to do that to a human being, one would think. Judi Lynn Sep 2014 #10

Because this country..... BronxBoy Sep 2014 #14

It is cheaper... awoke_in_2003 Sep 2014 #23

OMG! Delphinus Sep 2014 #17

Reminds me of something far to the right of.... ReRe Sep 2014 #28

I'll just bet if police treated prisoners like that in a leftist-led government, our chicken-hawks Judi Lynn Sep 2014 #32

We closed the asylums and started sending the scary sick straight to prison. hedgehog Sep 2014 #11

Many of the asylums were just as bad cali Sep 2014 #24

OMG, what a disgrace TorchTheWitch Sep 2014 #12

Time for some turnkeys to see the inside of cells, upclose drynberg Sep 2014 #13

Is this a corporate prison, or a State run prison? loudsue Sep 2014 #15

ACLU has a case in Courts with similar torturous conditions in a Miss. private prison Sunlei Sep 2014 #16

This case is a poster child for our nation's disgraceful lack of meaningful mental health care. ColesCountyDem Sep 2014 #18

What have we become? myrna minx Sep 2014 #19

Hopefully this man has someone who cares about him enough to sue both the state and the prison jwirr Sep 2014 #20

So he died "to preserve order where other methods of control have failed."..... marble falls Sep 2014 #22

Negligent homicide??? blkmusclmachine Sep 2014 #25

at least questionseverything Sep 2014 #26

Odd description for torture, and murder. n/t Judi Lynn Sep 2014 #33

this is unacceptable.... even in jail, you are entitled to water! secondwind Sep 2014 #27

Thanks for posting. This was outrageous. We must get progressives elected to end this. rhett o rick Sep 2014 #29

WHAT A UNIQUE WAY TO CARRY OUT A DEATH SENTENCE atreides1 Sep 2014 #30

We are the evil we complain about other countries marym625 Sep 2014 #31

Related info.: Mississippi Sued Over 'Hellish' Conditions in For-Profit Prison Judi Lynn Sep 2014 #34