More Torture Discovered in Iraqi Jails

Staff / Truthdig Apr 24, 2006 US inspectors are not removing from Iraqi jails prisoners who show signs of being tortured by Iraqi jailers--as the U has pledged to do This is progress--of a sort Now, instead of torturing the prisoners ourselves, we're turning a blind eye to Iraqi-on-Iraqi torture. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Meth Prisons’ Springing Up Across Midwest

Staff / Truthdig Apr 18, 2006 Inmates addicted to methamphetamine are now being treated in prisons populated solely by fellow meth addicts. The recidivism rates look promising. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

In the Vanguard of Criminalizing Abortion

Staff / Truthdig Apr 9, 2006 What happens when abortion is a felony offense in any circumstance? Jack Hitt provides chilling answers in his brilliant investigative piece on abortion in El Salvador. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Abramoff Gets Almost Six Years in Prison

Staff / Truthdig Mar 30, 2006 The disgraced lobbyist and a business partner get five years and 10 months on fraud charges--the minimum they faced. Abramoff faces more jail time in connection with a corruption probe. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Abu Ghraib Files

Staff / Truthdig Mar 15, 2006 Salon presents a horrifying new gallery of 279 photos and 19 videos of detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Symbol of Abu Ghraib Seeks to Spare Others His Nightmare

Staff / Truthdig Mar 11, 2006 The photo of him in a hood, arms outspread and with electrical wires trailing from his body became the definitive image of the prison abuse scandal. He is now heading up a prisoners' rights organization. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Abu Ghraib Closing? Don’t Cheer Just Yet

Staff / Truthdig Mar 10, 2006 Some sources are reporting that the U.S. has decided to close the notorious prison and transfer its prisoners elsewhere, but don't celebrate just yet: The seeds for future abuse are already well sown. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Doctors Attack US Over Guantanamo

Staff / Truthdig Mar 10, 2006 Over 250 medical experts sign a letter condemning the U.S. for force-feeding prisoners on hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Amnesty Says Iraq Prison Abuses Continue

Staff / Truthdig Mar 6, 2006 Even in the wake of Abu Ghraib, reports of torture in American-run Iraqi prisons continue to "pour out of Iraq," according to Amnesty International. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ex-Rep. Cunningham Gets Eight Years

Staff / Truthdig Mar 4, 2006 The bribery conviction nets him eight years--the longest term meted out to a congressman in decades. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush: Torture Ban Not Valid at Gitmo

Staff / Truthdig Mar 3, 2006 Truly shocking: White House lawyers are arguing that the new law banning cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment of detainees does not apply to people held at Guantanamo. Of course, we should have seen this coming when Bush, upon signing the law, brushed off Congress and America by reserving the right to ignore the law under his powers as commander in chief. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Navy Warned Pentagon on Torture

Staff / Truthdig Feb 20, 2006 Two years before the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, the Navy's general counsel warned the Pentagon that its wink-and-nod policies on torture would invite abuse, reports The New Yorker. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )