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Torture in U.S. Prisons

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Sources other than letters ... iv

Praface ... v

Introduction - The Effects of Isolation ... 1

1. Excessive Use of Force ... 4

2. Excessive Use of Restraints ... 8

  • General ... 8
  • Four Point Restraint ... 11
  • Restraint Chair ... 13
  • 3. Stun Technology ... 14
  • Grenades ... 15
  • Stun Belts ... 15
  • 4. Pepper Spray, Tear Gas, Mace and other chemical agents ... 17

    5. Denial of Medical or Legal Services ... 20

  • Denial of Medical Services ... 20
  • Denial of Legal Services ... 23
  • 6. Housing, Living and Working Conditions ... 24

  • Crowding ... 24
  • Yard Incidents ... 25
  • Working Conditiorls ... 26
  • Strip Cells ... 27
  • Random Searches ... 28
  • 7. Women in Prison ... 29

    8. Prisoners' Observations ... 32



    INDEX OF PRISONERS

    AH: Security Management Unit (SMU), Gunnison. Utah, 9/27/95, 11/17/95
    AO: State CorrectionaI Institution at Smithfield, Huntington, Pennsylvania, 2/15/00
    AQ: USP Lexington, Kentucky, 2/18/98
    AT: Northern State Prison, Newark, New Jersey, 4/30/99, 8/13/99(2)
    BA: Stiles Unit, Beaumont, Texas, 9/26/99
    BC: Arnarillo, Texas, 8/20/98
    CF: Northern State Prisorg Newark, New Jersey, 11/2/98
    DLM: Gander Hill Prison, Delaware, 1/19/99, 2/lO/99
    EF: Utah State Prison, Draper, Utah, 6/13/99
    ES: Ohio State Penitentiary, 6/2/99
    FA: Northern prison, Somers, Connecticut, 7/10/99
    J: Ohio State Penitentiary, undated letter
    JA: Wallens Ridge State Prison, Big Stone Gap, Virginia, 4/19/00, 5/2/00, 5/5/00
    JDE: McNeil Island Correction Center, Steilacoom Washington, 2/1/98
    JGM: James V. Allred Unit, Texas, undated; early 1998
    JH: Northern State Prison, Newark, New Jersey, 7/5/99
    JHE: Wallens Ridge State Prison, Big Stone Gap, Virginia, 1/16/00
    JK: Southwoods Prison, New Jersey, 1/23/00
    JTK: Ely State Prison, Ely, Nevada, 8/99 (personal correspondence)
    JRB: Limon Correctional Facility, Limon, Colorado, 3/30/98
    KJM: Northern prison, Somers, Connecticut, 11/24/99
    LE Telford Unit, New Boston, Texas, 22/98
    LM: El Dorado Correctional Facility, El Dorado, Kansas, 3/15/98
    LW: Northen1 State Prison, Newark, New Jersey, 813199, 8/16/99
    MC: USP Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 1/21/98
    MN: Maximum Control Facility, Indiana Department of Corrections, undated



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