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U.S. Isolates Political Prisoners
Loaded on March 15, 2001
by Ronald Young
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2001, page 8
Two recent federal appeals court decisions highlight some of the repressive measures used by U.S. authorities to isolate and silence political dissenters. Though the methods used by the two political prisoners involved in these cases may be distasteful to some people, Americans must understand that the U.S. government has repeatedly ...
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Political Prisoners,
Disciplinary Hearings,
Liberty Interests,
Ad-Seg Hearings.
Locations:
New York,
Pennsylvania.
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