Category: News Flash
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Safety Restaint Chairs, aka“Torture Chairs” Routinely Used In Prisons
Safety-restraint chairs are deemed torture devices by the UN but are used in county jails hundreds of times per year, often in ways that cause physical injuries and psychological trauma to those with mental illness and addiction.
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Sexually-Assaulted Prisoners From FCI Dublin Seek Compassionate Early Release
Legal groups nationwide are advocating for the compassionate early release of individuals who were sexually abused by prison staff while in custody at the now-shuttered all-female Federal Correctional Institute in Dublin, CA.
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Without Air Conditioning, TX Inmates Are Being Cooked To Death, Lawsuit Contends
One of Texas’ most infamous inmates along with help from prison-rights advocates is suing the state over dangerously high temperatures in prison cells.