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Iraqi Prisoners Taunt Wis. Soldiers Over Favre Defection

Detainees get into the Packers-Vikings rivalry

Nov 20, 09 9:30 PM CST
(Newser) - An allegiance to the Green Bay Packers has come back to haunt Wisconsin National Guardsmen on duty at a prison camp in Iraq, with detainees using quarterback Brett Favre’s defection to the rival Vikings to taunt the soldiers. A Packers-themed paint job sparked curiosity, one officer tells WTMJ-AM , “... More »

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Wisconsin • National Guard • Brett Favre • Green Bay Packers • rivalry • prisoners • Minnesota Vikings • taunting • Iraq war • psychological torture

 Stars Demand 
 Bush 'Music 
 Torture' Files 

Time for torturers to face the music, say celebs

Oct 22, 09 2:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - A coalition of celebrity musicians is demanding the release of Bush administration documents revealing how music was used to torture Guantanamo Bay inmates. Songs from Metallica, The Real Slim Shady, and the Star Spangled Banner, among many others, were blasted all day for days on end to rattle prisoners, inmates... More »

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Bush administration • music • torture • Eminem • Guantanamo Bay • prisoners • country music • Guantanamo prisoners • Metallica • heavy metal • David Byrne • Rage Against the Machine • Tom Morello • Bonnie Raitt

(Newser) - Lynndie England is trying to rebuild some semblance of a normal life, but her past continues to haunt her, she tells the AP. “It’s my face that's always recognized,” the former Army Reservist and poster child for Abu Ghraib abuse said of trying to get a job—... More »

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Abu Ghraib • US military • abuse • prisoners • detainee • US Army • biography • West Virginia • Lynndie England • Iraq war

(Newser) - Some 15 vehicles packed with criminals wearing police uniforms arrived at a Mexico prison yesterday to free as many as 59 inmates linked to a drug cartel, reports the BBC. The men convinced guards they were members of the federal police there to conduct an inspection. Once inside, they overpowered... More »

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prison • crime • Mexico • Mexican drug war • Mexican army • prisoners • drug cartel

Prisoners Run
Crime Ops Via
PlayStation

Console used to pass messages, charge cell phones: UK watchdog

May 13, 09 8:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Organized criminals use PlayStation and interactive games to pass on orders while behind bars, says a British agency monitoring 5,000 global crime lords. The masterminds also charge illegally kept cell phones through the gaming console. A prison spokesman refuted the charge, saying that only older versions of such devices—... More »

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Internet • prison • crime • organized crime • video game console • prisoners • PlayStation • Jay-ZTV

 Calif. Could Go Bust by July 

State budget may fall short by as much as $23B

May 8, 09 3:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - California could be broke by July if voters reject a handful of upcoming budget proposals, the Los Angeles Times reports. Officials predict the state will fall as much as $23 billion short if the unpopular propositions fail. To save money, the state may commute the sentences of 38,000 “... More »

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California • voters • prisoners • budget shortfall

Shrink Waterboard 'Experts'
Racked Up $1K a Day

Operation's architects lacked training in conducting interrogations, say CIS records

May 1, 09 4:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two US psychologists with no training in conducting interrogations boasted of earning $1000 a day designing and helping to implement use of waterboarding techniques on CIA detainees, reports ABC News. Bruce Jessen and Jim Mitchell, former military officers, are considered the architects of the interrogation operation that Barack Obama has... More »

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CIA • torture • Guantanamo Bay • prisoners • detainee • interrogation • waterboarding • interrogation techniques • harsh interrogation • detainees • Bruce Jesson • Jim Mitchell

(Newser) - A federal judge overruled both the Bush and the Obama administrations today, declaring that prisoners held at a military base in Afghanistan can challenge their detention in US civilian courts, the New York Times reports. The prisoners deserve the same right that the Supreme Court granted to Gitmo detainees last... More »

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Afghanistan • Bagram Air Force Base • enemy combatants • prisoners • habeas corpus

(Newser) - Rhesus monkeys raised in isolation are anti-social, catatonic, and profoundly disturbed even after they are introduced to their peers. The same is true of humans kept in solitary confinement for prolonged periods of time, whether as hostages or prisoners, writes Atul Gawande in the New Yorker. As months roll on,... More »

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torture • prison • POW • prisoners • isolation • social behavior • solitary confinement • Terry Anderson

Packed Calif. Prisons Must Dump 1/3 of Inmates: Judges

Judges say squeeze threatens inmate health

Feb 10, 09 11:39 AM CST
(Newser) - A panel of federal judges ruled yesterday that overcrowding in California's 33 prisons—158,00 inmates in space meant for 84,000—poses a threat to inmate health. The court tentatively required the state to reduce the prison population by up to 57,000, the LA Times reports. The governor’... More »

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California • prisoners • prisons • California Department of Corrections • Bill Maher Grid

Obama OK With CIA Rendition

Prez allows abductions, transfers to continue, promises suspects won't be tortured

Feb 1, 09 6:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Torture techniques are out and Guantanamo Bay is facing closure, but Barack Obama is keeping one anti-terror tool: rendition, the Los Angeles Times reports. He signed an executive order allowing the CIA to continue the practice of secret abductions and transfers of prisoners to US-friendly nations. "You still... More »

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Bush administration • War on Terror • rendition • torture • prisoners • interrogation • suspected terrorists • President Obama

 Civilian Jury Acquits Ex-Marine of Iraqi Murders

'No one saw who did the shooting,' says juror

Aug 29, 08 2:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - A former Marine sergeant accused of killing Iraqi prisoners has been acquitted by a California jury, reports the Los Angeles Times. Jose Luis Nazario, 28, wept as he heard the verdict. It's the first time in modern history a civilian jury has ruled on actions taken in combat, and... More »

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Iraq • prisoners • military law • Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act • Fallouja • Jose Luis Nazario • Marine Sgt. Ryan Weemer • Sgt. Jermaine Nelson

 Taliban Jailbreak Frees 1,200 

Inmates spill into streets after suicide blast at Kandahar prison

Jun 13, 08 11:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Taliban fighters blasted into Kandahar's main prison last night and freed about 1,200 inmates, including 350 Taliban, the New York Times reports. Prisoners, including Taliban leaders, quickly flooded the streets and scattered into nearby villages. “It is very dangerous for security," a Kandahar politician said. "They... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • prison • Kandahar • prisoners • jail

 Pentagon to Build Giant Prison in Afghanistan

New Bagram complex marks intention to hold prisoners abroad for years to come

May 17, 08 6:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Pentagon is planning to build a huge new detention complex in Afghanistan, reports the New York Times, acknowledging that the US expects to hold prisoners there for many years to come. The 40-acre, $60-million facility at Bagram Air Force Base will replace the existing makeshift prison in a converted... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pentagon • prison • Bagram Air Force Base • US military • enemy combatants • prisoners • jail • Bagram

UK Questions Mount Over US 'Torture Flights'

Brits uncertain of extent that rendition flights utilized UK territory

Mar 10, 08 10:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amid pressure British officials said yesterday that they were “working behind the scenes” to root out more information about the CIA rendition flights that landed on British soil, the Guardian reports. The UN’s special torture investigator has said there is credible evidence to suggest that the US... More »

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CIA • rendition • torture • Diego Garcia • David Miliband • Guantanamo Bay • prisoners • detainee • Britain

1 in 100 Americans in Prison

'Tough on crime' proving expensive stance as state resources dwindle, study reports

Feb 28, 08 2:45 PM CST
(Newser) - One American adult out of 100 is incarcerated, a new study shows—the first time in US history such a high proportion of the population is behind bars. The Pew Center on the States reports the nationwide prison population grew by 25,000 last year, to 1.6 million, with... More »

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California • Department of Justice • FBI • Texas • prison • prison system • prisoners • jail • prison population • Pew Center on the States • race in prison • Paul Cassell • nonviolent offenders

Innocent Con Freed After
27 Years

DNA testing confirmed he wasn't guilty of rape

Jan 4, 08 3:00 AM CST
(Newser) - A man who spent 27 years in prison for a rape he didn't commit was released yesterday after DNA evidence proved he hadn't assaulted his accuser. Charles Chatman, now 47, had maintained his innocence throughout his time in jail, refusing to give an account of the crime to the parole... More »

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Texas • crime • Dallas • DNA • rape • prisoners • exonerate • Innocence Project • DNA evidence

Winehouse Whines About Jailed Hubby, Cancels Tour

Can't do songs justice without 'my Blake'

Nov 28, 07 12:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Walking disaster Amy Winehouse canceled all remaining tour dates for the rest of the year, for what her label is calling "health issues." The singer says she can't perform while husband Blake Fielder-Civil is in prison. "I can't give it my all without my Blake," she... More »

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drug addiction • singers • prisoners • drug abuse • tour • Amy Winehouse • Blake Fielder Civil

US Releases
 9 Iranian Prisoners

Men arrested in Iraq said to be no threat
after nearly a year

Nov 9, 07 8:04 AM CST
(Newser) - The American military released nine Iranian prisoners in Iraq today, including two captured when US forces stormed the Iranian consulate in Irbil last January. The men were initially accused of being members of Iran's Quds Force, an arm of the Revolutionary Guards Washington has accused of funding and arming Shiite... More »

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Iraq • Iran • insurgents • roadside bomb • prisoners

What's Torture? Don't Ask a
Med Student

25% would inject saline in detainee who thinks it's lethal, says study

Oct 27, 07 10:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Many medical students don't know the Geneva conventions enough to identify torture techniques, Time reports. More than a third say it's okay to threaten removal of a prisoner's food or water, and more than 25% would inject a saline solution into a detainee who believes it's lethal. A recent study... More »

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torture • Guantanamo Bay • prisoners • Geneva Convention

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