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| One of the Darkest Periods in the History of American Prisons |
| By theatlantic.com - Andrew Cohen |
| Published: 06/10/2013 |
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Recent lawsuits and Justice Department investigations have uncovered grotesque abuses of mentally ill inmates at state and local prisons. Yet Washington refuses investigate allegations of similar mistreatment at federal penitentiaries. Andrew Cohen Jun 9 2013, 5:17 PM ET It has been an extraordinary three weeks in the history of the American penal system, perhaps one of the darkest on record. In four states, from the Atlantic to the Mississippi, from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes, the systemic abuse and neglect of inmates, and especially mentally ill inmates, has been investigated, chronicled and disclosed in grim detail to the world by lawyers, government investigators and one federal judge. The conclusions are inescapable: In our zeal to dehumanize criminals we have allowed our prisons to become medieval places of unspeakable cruelty so far beyond constitutional norms that they are barely recognizable. Read More. |
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