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Ritmo : Inhumane Texas Detention Center Should be a Crime. Cheney or No Cheney.
Federal detention center in Raymondville, Texas. ‘Willacy County is home to the largest of a new generation of detention camps where thousands of undocumented immigrants live in massive tents with poor food, non-existent health care, facing months if not years … Continue reading
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Tagged Cheney, Criminal Justice, Detention, Immigration, Prison Conditions, Prisons, Private Prisons, Texas
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The Pursuit of Justice for Those Still Languishing in Guantanamo: Binyam Mohamed
Jackie Chase (left) of Brighton’s Save Omar campaign, with a picture of Binyam Mohamed, and Andy Worthington (right).London’s High Court Strikes a Blow at CIA: Shining a Light on the Dark PrisonBy Andy Worthington / August 30, 2008 In the … Continue reading
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Tagged CIA, Criminal Justice, Detention, Guantanamo, War on Terror
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Do No Harm : The Complicity of Psychologists in Cheney-Bush Torture Program
Psychologist protesting APA complicity in torture in 2007.APA pressured to take a stand… ‘Psychologists have been identified as key figures in the design and conduct of abuses against detainees in US custody’by Meteor Blades / August 12, 2008 Unlike the … Continue reading
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Tagged Abu Ghraib, Bush Presidency, Criminal Justice, Detention, Guantanamo, Human Rights, Medical Ethics, Medicine, Psychologists, Torture
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Prisons : Why Texas Still Holds ‘Em
Forget oil and gold. In the Lone Star state, the boomtown business is locking up immigrants.By Stephanie Mencimer This article appears in the July/August issue of Mother Jones. In 1997, with the private prison business booming, the Corrections Corporation of … Continue reading
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Tagged Detention, Hutto Prison, Immigration, Incarceration, Prisons, Private Prisons, Texas
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