Solitary Confinement

Prison 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.

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.

In 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

Read 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.

Challenged 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.

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.

Currently, 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.

Acquiring 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.

Richard 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.

A 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.

The man wasn't afraid of anything but himself.

Bobby said "There is a dark day coming to this prison, you can bet on that. There's just too much anger built up"

Diana 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 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.

A 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.

Anders Behring Breivik was ordered to a month in solitary confinement by a judge, who is trying to figure out how a trial should proceed.

Henry the Tuatara Mates at 111-years-old

March 13, 2008 is the 100th day since the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals heard the Ramos and Compean case

The District of Columbia Metropolitan area, capital of the United States of America is rated amongst the top ten crime zones in the country. Are there too few activities for younger crowds to engage in?