DEA to Pay $4.1 Million to Man Forgotten in Cell
Chong said that despite repeatedly pounding on the door and calling for help, no DEA personnel came. Chong spent 4 days in the cell without food or water.
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8th amendment
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Law & PoliticsLink
Marc Emery Released from Solitary Confinement
Marc Emery, Canada’s “Prince of Pot," has been released from a week of solitary confinement in a Mississippi prison for...
Marc Emery in Solitary Confinement in US Prison
Canadian marijuana seed magnate and political dissident Marc Emery, who is about four years into a five-year US prison sentence...
Needless VictimsLink
NY Prisons Are Isolating Drug Users for 23 Hours a Day In Cells "the Size of a Typical Elevator"
A new NY Civil Liberties Union report details some horrific findings, e.g. NY prison system inmates caught using drugs, including marijuana, are punished...