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Looking Deep Inside America’s Legalized Torture Chambers

Loaded on Sept. 30, 2022 by Mark Wilson published in Prison Legal News October, 2022, page 1
Filed under: Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement. Location: United States of America.

by Mark Wilson

There are many ways to destroy a person, but one of the simplest and most devastating is through prolonged solitary confinement. Deprived of meaningful human interaction, otherwise healthy prisoners become unhinged. … Not only psychological or social identity but the most basic sense of identity is threatened ...

 

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  1. Looking Deep Inside America’s Legalized Torture Chambers, by Mark Wilson
  2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
  3. Federal Prisoners Finally Receiving Benefits 42 Months After First Step Act Became Law, by Casey Bastian
  4. New York Prisoner’s Suit Over Thirteen-Year Solitary Stint Survives, by David Reutter
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  9. New Florida Law Shrouds Executions in Secrecy, by Kevin Bliss
  10. SCOTUS Lets “State Secrets” Privilege Bar CIA Contractor Testimony About Torture Already Publicly Known, by Mark Wilson
  11. ACLU Pries Loose Employment Record of New Hampshire Trooper Who Detained Woman on Falsified Evidence, Leading to $237,500 Settlement, by Matthew Clarke
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  14. $3.75 Million Settlement for Estate of Washington Prisoner Who Died From Untreated Breast Cancer, by David Reutter
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  16. $2.45 Million Paid by Wellpath and Macomb County, Michigan, After Detainee’s Withdrawal Death in Jail, by Benjamin Tschirhart
  17. After $90,000 Settlement for Sexual Abuse of Oregon Juvenile Detainee, Second Suit Filed Against Now-Imprisoned Former Youth Counselor, by Chuck Sharman
  18. Dark, Smoky Cells: As Wildfires Threaten More Prisons, the Incarcerated Ask Who Will Save Their Lives, by Alleen Brown
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  20. SCOTUS Kneecaps Condemned Prisoners Claiming Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, by Benjamin Tschirhart
  21. New York Closes Moriah ‘Shock Camp’, by Kevin Bliss
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  24. Third Illinois Guard Found Guilty In Fatal Beating of Handcuffed State Prisoner, but Attorney General Refuses To Settle With Family, by Matthew Clarke
  25. Wisconsin Supreme Court Guts State’s Fair Employment Act Protection for Returning Prisoners With Domestic Violence Convictions, by Jacob Barrett
  26. Class Certification Maintained in New York Prisoners’ Suit for Damages Due to Illegally Imposed Post-Release Supervision, by David Reutter
  27. California Appeals Court Lets CDCR Define Term Adopted From Legislation, by Kevin Bliss
  28. Sixth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Ohio Prison Doctor After Prisoner Blinded by Stroke, by David Reutter
  29. Ninth Circuit Terminates Idaho Prison Conditions Lawsuit After 40 Years of Litigation, by David Reutter
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