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Special administrative measures

lundi 30 octobre 2017 à 01:00

“Special administrative measures” in US prisons are like a harsher form of solitary confinement.

Prisoners barely speak to anyone, except occasionally a lawyer, parent or sibling.

After one prisoner reads a book, the guards destroy it.

Prosecutors impose this severe regime on prisoners arbitrarily, since there are no legal criteria, but courts rarely question their decisions.

There is evidence that they use this as pressure to make prisoners plead guilty.

Rape in wartime

lundi 30 octobre 2017 à 01:00

It is very common for soldiers to rape the women that live in territory they conquer.

Voter suppression

lundi 30 octobre 2017 à 01:00

Kris Kobach, the troll's chief of voter suppression, has been pushing a specific voter suppression plan since about a year ago. He said that wasn't so, but now a court has release the plan as he lobbied for it a year ago.

Concentration of wealth

lundi 30 octobre 2017 à 01:00

Concentration of wealth continues to increase, as billionaires now own 6 trillion dollars. Their grip on power is so strong that they are making states cut taxes for them.

White Americans

lundi 30 octobre 2017 à 01:00

Half of white Americans believe whites are discriminated against. "To those who have been used to privilege all their lives, equality may feel like oppression."