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Torture Info Wanted

Loaded on Jan. 15, 1998 published in Prison Legal News January, 1998, page 10
Filed under: Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints. Location: United States of America.
Bonnie Kerness, longtime prison rights activist; PLN supporter; and Associate Director of the American Friends Service Committee, Criminal Justice Program, is seeking information from U.S. prisoners who have been subjected to the use of restraint chairs (aka "the chair"), four-point restraints (aka "the motorcycle"), stun belts, stun grenades, gas grenades, ...

 

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