Wednesday, September 2, 2015

2015-09-02 US: News from the American Gulag

2015-09-02 US: News from the American Gulag
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* The UN considers long-term solitary confinement "torture". Psychologists documented its harm.
* With only 5% of the world's population, the US holds 25% of the world prisoners' population. [ACLU]
A landmark class action lawsuit settlement in California brings to an end the indefinite solitary confinement of thousands of inmates who filled the Pelican Bay State Prison...
rt.com

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