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Selling Segregation

Article • March 15, 2009 • from PLN March, 2009

Filed under: Lobbying, Prisoners-International, Political Prisoners (International), Terrorism, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

Selling Segregation by Josh Rushing US high-security prisons are a big export, but critics doubt their success. Conflict has long been a source of misery for innocent people around the world. But it has equally long been a source of profit for big business. The Sofex exposition in Amman, Jordan, …

Abu Ghraib's Stain on Military Medicine

Article • April 15, 2005 • from PLN April, 2005

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Medical Misconduct, Political Prisoners, Medical, Injury -- Misc., Medical Records, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Dogs, Burning, International Law, Prisoners-International, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Military Prisons

Abu Ghraib's Stain on Military Medicine by Steven Miles by Steven H. Miles, MD This article examines the relationship of military medical personnel to abuses of detainees at Abu Ghraib and other detention centers in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay. It is based on testimony before the US Senate and …

Three Americans Convicted of Running Sham Military Jail in Afghanistan

Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Political Prisoners, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Prisoners-International, Military Prisons

Three Americans Convicted of Running Sham Military Jail in Afghanistan by Three Americans Convicted of Running Sham Military Jail in Afghanistan by Matthew T. Clarke Three Americans, led by ex-special forces soldier Jonathan Keith Idema, 48, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, have been convicted of running an unauthorized jail in Kabul …

Business as Usual

Article • December 15, 2004 • from PLN December, 2004

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Political Prisoners, Guard Brutality/Beatings, International Law, Military Prisons

Business as Usual by Todd Matthews Wackenhut further angered state officials by saying they must pay for the empty bed space at the Santa Rosa facility caused by transferring prisoners to the Virginia supermax. According to the state's contract, Wackenhut claimed, the state must pay as though the prison is …

International Red Cross Suspects U.S. Hiding Foreign Detainees

Article • December 15, 2004 • from PLN December, 2004

Filed under: Classification, Transfers, DOC/BOP misconduct, Military Prisons

International Red Cross Suspects U.S. Hiding Foreign Detainees by The International Red Cross (IRC) said on July 13, 2004, that it suspects the United States is hiding foreign detainees in prisons throughout the world. According to Antonella Notari, spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross, terror suspects that …

Welcome to Guantanamo World

Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004

Filed under: Political Prisoners, International Law, Military, Military Prisons

Welcome to Guantanamo World by Tom Engelhardt The clue for 17 across, a seven-letter empty space in the Friday, March 26, New York Times crossword puzzle was "detainee's entitlement." It took me a while to break the code _ the Friday crossword's always a nightmare _ and discover that the …