Torture in Cook County, Illinois
Posted by stoptorture on July 18th, 2008
Routine abuse by guards, horrendous conditions, and serious mismanagement at the Cook County Jail in Chicago, according to a federal report (link; p. 10-18 especially) released today.
Death threats, beatings, discrimination, intimidation, severe head trauma, amputations for lack of medical treatment, you name it. Torture in Barack Obama’s home state. What will be his response?
Excerpts from the scathing Jul. 2008 report: (see also, NYTimes report)
July 18th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
Spaghetti monster…. I don’t know how this sort of thing can still happen today (well, besides that humans haven’t changed much and power is something we all crave). It is ridiculous. It almost makes me feel sad for being a human.
February 4th, 2009 at 6:05 am
I am Russian, and in my country things like mentioned above is very common… It is sad(( Let’s fight with torture in jails together!