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Why Former Border Agent Jesus Diaz is Imprisoned in a Hell HolePrison is a result of a conviction of a felony or used as a pre-trial detention for those who are a danger to the community. Agent Diaz, a former border patrol agent posed no such threat to the public yet was denied bail and kept in solitary confinement.- An American Political Prisoner in Solitary Confinement?Government has the ability to make rules, bend rules, break rules or ignore rules. Rules are laws of the land and can be used to inflict political pain onto those who oppose these laws. This misuse of power was imposed on Diaz who committed no crime.
Solitary Confinement, Review PanelsIn a report written by the Reuters News agency regarding Solitary Confinement Juan Mendez, a United Nations torture investigator was quoted as saying “can amount to torture or cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment when used as a punishment
Solitary ConfinementRead this cited article by Dr. Stuart Grassian, a well known and respected board certified psychiatrist. He explains the effects of solitary confinement and its associated perils on the human mind and soul on those imprisoned and kept away from others.- Solitary Confinement for Border Patrol Agent UnsafeThe housing of a high profile prisoner draws the attention and ire of other prisoners especially those who hate cops. Sociopaths, looking for a reputation will go to great lengths to kill, maim or injure a former cop while in prison.
Anecdotal Writings of Solitary ConfinementChallenged by an administration to write anecdotal reports not scientific in nature, the propensity to dismiss such writings is a mistake as they can serve a useful purpose to glean the facts so that forensic science can be enhanced with the truth.
Border Patrol Agent Jesus is in Solitary Confinement,Solitary confinement are punishment tools of the trade. As a retired deputy warden who spent over seven years inside solitary confinement, it takes alot out of a human being to endure such conditions and remain the same person that came in.
The Effects of Solitary Confinement on CriminalsCurrently, more than 80,000 American inmates are in solitary confinement. Their time spent in isolation can go on for days or, in some cases, decades. This overview sheds some light on the extreme nature of what it means to be in solitary confinement.
The Theory of ConfinementIs confinement only exclusive to jails and prisons?
The Realities of Solitary ConfinementAcquiring peace with max custody inmates is determined by approach and response. The two sub-cultures, at war with each other for centuries cannot come to make peace until a common thread is found to end the terrorism that exists.
U.S Supreme Court Denies Release to 70 Year Old California Attorney Richard I Fine After 13 Months in Solitary ConfinementRichard I Fine has spent the last 13 months in solitary confinement without being convicted of a crime or even charged. He may lose his home May 5th. Our most precious constitutional right, habeas corpus is dead.- 70 Year Old California Lawyer Imprisoned 1 Year in Solitary Confinement Without Trial. Habeas Corpus Rights IgnoredA 70 year old nationally-known taxpayer advocate California lawyer, in poor health, has been held in solitary confinement by a judge for 13 months without trial or even charges. This is a national disgrace.
Women's History Month: Angela Davis and Women in ConfinementIn her 1974 autobiography, activist Angela Davis reveals the many atrocities that women face in the criminal justice system. During her time in jail, she observed the methods women use in adjusting to physical confinement.
The Deafening Silence of Solitary ConfinementThe man wasn't afraid of anything but himself.- Recovery After Hospital ConfinementTaking good care after being confined is just as important in being confined in the hospital.
- Solitary Confinement: Destroying the Hope of the PrisonerSolitary confinement has been a strategy-based idea of some maximum security facilities, but it serves to erode the principles of rehabilitation.
Interview with Inmate Bobby Ray Gilbert, Concerning Solitary Confinement CellsBobby said "There is a dark day coming to this prison, you can bet on that. There's just too much anger built up"- Man Is Set Free After Spending 22 Years In Jail For a Crime He Did Not CommitImagine living for 22 years being accused of a crime you did not commit. Imagine living for 22 years and thinking every day that you are going to die... Then one day, they prove your are innocent and allowed back in society. How would you handle it?
- Alternatives to Prison: Why Imprisonment Doesn't Work and What to Do About ItCriminal sanctions must serve one or a combination of four different purposes: rehabilitation, retribution, incapacitation, and deterrence -- Prison doesn't measure up well against any of them.
- Rare Livestock Offers AlternativesAmerica's food supply is at risk. If some of these animals were a salamander or fish government officials would be beside themselves to save them...extinction is forever. If they were museum artifacts some would be considered priceless.
- The Final HoursA flash fiction story about a woman's battle with cancer.
- Solitary ConfinementA poem I wrote while I was in solitary confinement, which is a prison within a prison.
- Confinement of the AgesA Shakespearean Sonnet with a modern twist.
- On Making a FamilyI didn’t swaddle my dolls, play daycare or babysit. My game was reporter. My plan was travel. Get married, have babies, stay home? No thanks!
- Broken Rules and an Unpaid Debt for Border Agent Jesus DiazDiana Diaz, in an interview with Fox News said her husband Jesus, act in the manner he was trained. Agent Diaz applied a sanctioned handcuff technique that has been universally adopted by all law enforcement academies and used to control a suspect.
Solitary Confinement, an Experiment Gone WrongSolitary confinement in under fire by many advocacy groups and lawyers supporting humane treatment of prisoners. California public hearing have exposed other horrible conditions as a result of this failed experiment and are asking for changes.
Let Me Live!A piece on female authors including Plath, Dickenson, and Woolfe. Talks about confinment, and romancing death.
Free at Last in Solitary ConfinementA poem gathered from those voices that come from beneath the ground and inside the concrete walls of prisons everywhere. Focusing on the prisoner's emotions, death and starvation, the prisoner ponders his choices in his own life wishing to be free.
ConfinementFor the ones who never give in.- One People One DestinyA poem on the need for the Jewish people to remember that we are one.
Attica, a Preview of the Apocalypse ComingMany articles have been written about Attica and other prison riots. Santa Fe New Mexico comes to mind as well as Lucasville Ohio. These critical events have caused political changes internally but one thing that hasn't changed - the culture and the media
The Anders Behring Breivik CaseAnders Behring Breivik was ordered to a month in solitary confinement by a judge, who is trying to figure out how a trial should proceed.
How to Break a Man DownOne can't imagine your own government betraying you and your family for the interests of a foreign nation, yet, today, Border Patrol agents and US law enforcement officers are at risk for bogus "color of law" violations prompted by the DOJ.- WingsBook review of author Aprilynne Pike's debut novel Wings.
- Confinement"Staring into the morning sun, i'm wondering if ill make it to heaven or make my living brandishing weapons"
- OfficeThe emergence of spring through the eyes of someone hidden away from the outside.
- From Dust to TearsA boy is sent to a reformatory camp.
- Afraid to DreamTina suffers from nightmares and as business gets slower her nightmares become reality. Her taxidermy business is the life and death of her.
Pristine VisionDidactic metaphorical free verse on surrender and renunciation.- Boredom ObservedThis article is to encourage us to take analytical look at why we are so bored!
