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2016 Postmortem

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)

6. solitary confinement is torture.Wish the State & Federal gov would require FOI requests of prisons.

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Wed Feb 26, 2014, 01:03 AM

Feb 2014

currently Freedom of Info requests can't be made of 'for profit' private prisons. Their internal records are a secret.
Even the state/federal prisons don't seem to have public records of how often (and for what reasons) they use solitary confinement. And if solitary confinement means no books, no music, no radio, nothing except years in a box.

The info. only info come from past prisoners who talk about mental damages from their solitary confinement torture.

We Americans have a right to observe our Gov. at work. This includes our prison system, IMO.

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Cuomo in 2016? I've never been a Cuomo fan, but after hearing this I'm [View all] hedgehog Feb 2014 OP

Still a creature of Wall Street Proud Public Servant Feb 2014 #1

Lady Inevitability. bigwillq Feb 2014 #11

That's great, but I'd like to see him make moves to clean up the Port Authority. SunSeeker Feb 2014 #2

As bad as HRC. IMHO blkmusclmachine Feb 2014 #3

He is against raising taxes for pre-k on the rich. hrmjustin Feb 2014 #4

That's what I heard. HappyMe Feb 2014 #8

look at this hfojvt Feb 2014 #5

solitary confinement is torture.Wish the State & Federal gov would require FOI requests of prisons. Sunlei Feb 2014 #6

Most of the prisoners shouldn't be there in the first place anti partisan Feb 2014 #7

I think he's looking into mmj issues also. HappyMe Feb 2014 #9

Ha, tell that to all the prisoners locked up for owning/selling a bag of reefer (nt) anti partisan Feb 2014 #10

he's a pro fracker. nt dionysus Mar 2014 #12

The inmates in "solitary" -- djg21 Mar 2014 #13

I'd have to see the Special Housing Unit in New York to make a proper judgement - however - hedgehog Mar 2014 #15

Cuomo is not on our side. He will do anything to help his Wall Street pals greatlaurel Mar 2014 #14