"The United States has less than 5 percent of the world's population. But it has almost a quarter of the world's prisoners." That says so much. If I was a citizen of your fair land this would be the cause I'd take up.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba wrote: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/world/americas/23iht-23prison.12253738\ \ > .html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 > > 8.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0> > > There is a lot of corruption here. The prison industry has a lot of > privatization and in some places, the Judges have stakes in those > privatized prisons. > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Seraphita" wrote: > > > > Thanks for your response. That has given me food for thought. > > To me, one of the more grotesque features of American life has always > > been the horrendous treatment of prisoners in the US prison system. It > > has always astonished me that convicts have not been able to sue the > > prison authorities for the gross abuse they are subject to: and yes, > > rape is top of the list. When you think that citizens successfully sue > > McDonalds for scalding hot coffee and other crap through the courts > how > > prisoners are still subject to such barbaric treatment really saddens > > me. (And, yes, I know lots of them are complete low-lifes, but it > > degrades us when we descend to that level.) > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Seraphita" s3raphita@ wrote: > > > > > > > Because I have a morbid curiosity, I was wondering if it's > > > > ever happened that a convict has served time in a men's prison > > > > and subsequently been transferred to a women's prison after the > > > > necessary gender-reassignment. Why anyone on FFL should know the > > > > answer to that one I can't imagine. > > > > > > I can't, but Manning isn't likely to actually get gender- > > > reassignment *treatment* in prison, although her lawyer is > > > planning to sue for it. Here's a video and two articles on > > > the circumstances she faces: > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWqaNx8mDBc > > > (interview with a trans friend of Manning) > > > > > > > > > http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/08/22/chelsea_manning_is_now_t\ \ > \ > > he_most_famous_transgender_inmate_in_america_all.html > > > (article at Slate by Amanda Hess) > > > > > > > > > http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/08/22/how-the-policy-might-be\ \ > \ > > -changed.html > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/lcxqlea > > > > > > Excerpt from the Daily Beast piece: > > > > > > How Chelsea Manning Will Test the Military's Transgender Policy > > > > > > ...[The Prison Rape Elimination Act] led to regulations from the > > federal Department of Justice to determine housing for transgender > > inmates on a case-by-case basis, "taking into account factors like > > personal preference and safety needs," according to the ACLU, not > solely > > based on their genitals. The act bans "protective custody" for > > transgender inmates, along with segregated LGBT housing units, and it > > requires staff to be trained on how to communicate with and treat > > transgender inmates, even including the ban of "genital searches of > > transgender inmates just to determine their gender." Those rules, as > of > > June, apply to all correctional facilities that require federal > funding. > > > > > > Manning's notoriety and her public revelation about being > transgender > > already put her at serious risk of harassment and/or rape at > > Leavenworth. No giant leap from there, then to argue that Manning > would > > be best protected by the prison rape act by doing time in a women's > > facility, [Dru Levasseur, transgender rights project director at > Lambda > > Legal] said.... > > > > > >
