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In reply to the discussion: Chelsea Manning Faces Possible Charges For Suicide Attempt [View all]4Q2u2
(1,406 posts)When joining the Military you give up certain Constitutional Rights.
My point about her having access to the outside shows that she is getting preferential treatment as to her fellow inmates, and you cannot say with certainty that no other inmates are trying to commit suicide. It is just that nobody cares that they are trying, and it is not front page news. I can guarantee you that other inmates are getting in trouble for disciplinary violations, but again nobody cares and not front page news. One of the reasons that Military Prison is cleaner and safer is the very strict adherent to the rules and regulations that Civilian Prisons cannot enact, nor enforce.
She is not being denied health care, in fact she is receiving health care for all of her physical and mental needs. Even treatment for her Gender Identity Transition. Which at the point of her incarceration was not available to any other service member in the whole US Military, not to mention, HGH therapy was reason for discharge from the Armed Forces.
Never once have I said that torment, torture, or retaliation is OK. You are here arguing that PFC Manning is not being treated equally. You are correct, she is being treated above and beyond what other inmates are getting at Leavenworth.