Monday
Jan102011
Death Row Upgrade
Posted By 
Phil van Hest | Monday, January 10, 2011
Phil van Hest | Monday, January 10, 2011 "Yesterday, four prisoners in the supermax Ohio State Penitentiary launched a hunger strike to protest being held for more than 17 years in solitary confinement." --DemocracyNow.org
So, the deal is that the prisoners are requesting a transfer from solitary to Death Row, claiming they will receive better treatment there.
Solitary confinement is torture, and the U.S. says so every time another country does it to one of our citizens. If we do it to citizens of other countries, it is portrayed as "necessary," and we are currently holding over 50,000 of our own in solitary confinement.
Overall things are great though, I mean, my car door is a little leaky, but I'm holding off the hunger strike for now.
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