ACLU Alleges Its Clients Are Being Abused in ICE Custody
Sep 2, 2017 Iraqis represented by the American Civil Liberties Union are denied food, water and restroom access, a blog post charges.
Truthdiggers of the Week: Critics of the American Psychological Association Role in Torture Program
May 3, 2015 Health care professionals and human rights experts have blown the whistle on the American Psychological Association for providing the US with ethical and legal cover for torture of terrorism suspects .
Tarek Mehanna and the Isolation of American Muslims
Apr 20, 2014 In an eerie report on the treatment of Muslims imprisoned for alleged involvement in "terror-like activity," the news agency Inter Press Service tells the story of Tarek Mehanna, a Pittsburgh-born Muslim currently serving a lengthy jail sentence.
Guards May Be Responsible for Half of Prison Sexual Assaults but They’re Not Being Prosecuted
Jan 24, 2014
William Stuntz: Crime and Punishment and the Fight Against Racial Injustice
Jan 16, 2014 William Stuntz was a socially conservative evangelical Christian whose fight for race allied him across all political systems.
Louisiana’s Incarceration Is a Private Business
Jan 5, 2014 Louisiana has assailed its residents to a level unequal to any other state, entering the new year with another signature No. 1 ranking in lockups. It has created a system more efficient and despondent than state run prisons or regular privatization. The costs are low, profits high and human life is a commodity that allows the market to keep growing.Louisiana has created a system more efficient and despondent than state run prisons or regular privatization.
Boys in Custody and the Women Who Abuse Them
Jul 4, 2013 A new report from the U.S. Department of Justice found that in the vast majority of cases of sexual abuse in prison, it was female staff members who were targeting and exploiting the male teens in their custody.
Ex-CIA Heads Ask Obama to Drop Interrogation Investigation
Sep 19, 2009 Attorney General Eric Holder may be convinced that he should go forward with his probe into the interrogation techniques used on terror suspects by CIA agents during the Bush II era, but seven former directors of the intelligence agency disagree -- and they're asking Holder's boss, President Barack Obama, to intervene.
Report: Authorities Admit Abuse at Iranian Prison
Sep 1, 2009 Iran's Mehr News Agency reported Monday that local authorities have admitted that a 25-year-old detainee who was arrested in the wave of protests following June's presidential election in Iran died from abuse at the hands of prison officials, according to The New York Times.
AG to Appoint Torture Prosecutor
Aug 24, 2009 Although President Obama and others who were privy to information about alleged prisoner abuse by CIA employees and contractors previously passed on the possibility of prosecution, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has taken a different tack after reviewing the cases. Updated
