Today, the ACLU put out a report revealing that solitary confinement is often used to punish female prisoners who report rape. Via Mother Jones: When an incarcerated pregnant woman in Illinois slept too long through mealtime, a guard decided to punish her by placing her in solitary confinement. While in isolation, the woman—who had a long history of depression—was denied access to her prenatal vitamins and was not given water for hours. She soon became highly anxious. This is one of the disturbing ways that US prisons treat incarcerated women who are pregnant, transgender, mentally ill, or who report that they are raped, according to a new report published Thursday by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Many of the reasons women are placed in isolation are highly subjective, the reports notes: Because many cases come down to the word of a prisoner against the word of a corrections officer, a guard’s bad day can easily turn into a solitary confinement sentence for a prisoner for retaliatory reasons, such as a prisoner’s filing a grievance. -Erika
Posted on: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 22:30:00 +0000
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