La. prison puts suicidal prisoners in dog-sized cages, makes them wear hot pants
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[release]The ACLU is demanding a Louisiana jail end the mistreatment of suicidal prisoners, saying the prison has been caging them in tiny "squirrel cages" and treating them like animals.
The civil rights organization's Lousiana chapter issued a harshly worded open letter Thursday, condeming the St. Tammany Parish jail's practice of locking suicidal prisoners in cages too small for them to lie down in and forcing them to strip down.
According to the Louisana ACLU's website, guards at the prison also engage in sadistic behavior and "frequently ignore repeated requests to use the bathroom, forcing some desperate people to urinate in discarded containers."
The so-called "squirrel cages," which the ACLU says are smaller than the "minimum legal standards for dogs," are located in a central area of the prison, in full view of other prisoners. According to the ACLU, people have been imprisoned in the caged "for days, weeks, and months."
The prison's chief Sheriff, Jack Strain, has said in the past that prisoners "need to be caged like animals," says the ACLU's complaint.
Marjorie Esman, the Executive Director of the Louisiana ACLU, said "This is what can happen when you have law enforcement treating the mentally ill. If the Constitution's Eighth Amendment protection against cruel and unusual punishment means anything, it means that people shouldn't be treated like this. Jails across this country typically have housing for suicidal prisoners and don't resort to such barbarity. The squirrel cages belong in the history books."
The letter also cites multiple reports that suicidal prisoners have been forced to wear orange "Daisy Duke style" short shorts with the words "Hot Stuff" stamped on the rear.
"Prisoners report that they are hesitant to inform guards when they feel suicidal, out of fear that they will be placed in the cages," writes the ACLU. "This increases the likelihood that a prisoner will commit suicide, as happened last fall."
Local officials did not immediately comment, reported the Associated Press.[/release]
I don't care what you're in prison for, no one deserves that.
How crue.. Oh wait, It's Louisiana. Nothing to see here folks.
this makes the freedom loving eagle in me cry
:911:
At first it's like cruel prison system, big whoop... but then what the fuck short shorts?
It's the South.
Could anyone expect more?
I'm gonna take a shot in the dark and say the short shorts are supposed to be humiliating.
shows you the civilized society we live in folks
What the fuck is wrong with people
[QUOTE=Carbon Knight;23241661]It's the South.
Could anyone expect more?[/QUOTE]
Woah, hey man...I live in Florida....
Central Florida....
I guess they're short a few regulatory standards.
[QUOTE=ExplodingGuy;23241721]I guess they're short a few regulatory standards.[/QUOTE]
you guess?
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a few?
[QUOTE=Habsburg;23241730]you guess?
[editline]06:19PM[/editline]
a few?[/QUOTE]
I think you missed something in the post.
how dare you imply I made a mistake
im in louisiana til august
i might try this out
I'm not sure if it's possible to laugh at imagining that anymore
[QUOTE=Habsburg;23241730]you guess?
[editline]06:19PM[/editline]
a few?[/QUOTE]
-The Joke
-Large Magellanic Cloud
-Your Head
[QUOTE=ExplodingGuy;23241804]-The Joke
-Large Magellanic Cloud
-Your Head[/QUOTE]
more like
the joke
my head
hahahaha. Oh you so crazy penal system of Louisiana
That's fucked up, even for the Louisiana folk. Just imagine being in there for months, and how messed up your spine will be.
at first I assumed that the short shorts were because you can hang yourself with pants
...but 'hot stuff?'
[QUOTE=halflambada;23241716]Woah, hey man...I live in Florida....
Central Florida....[/QUOTE]
he means culturally
central florida isn't southern in terms of the culture
Good idea, let's make suicidal people less suicidal by humiliating them and making it seem like there's no way out.
Johnnymo's avatar is my reaction
:wtc:
Even for the fucking south this is nuts.
This makes me lol... and makes them wish they never would have been dumbasses and gotten stuck in prison to begin with.
[QUOTE=LunchboxOfDoom;23243050]This makes me lol... and makes them wish they never would have been dumbasses and gotten stuck in prison to begin with.[/QUOTE]
what is wrong with you
[QUOTE=JDK721;23243161]what is wrong with you[/QUOTE]
Many things.
How is this supposed to help prevent suicide?
[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;23241708]What the fuck is wrong with people[/QUOTE]
It's disgusting to think that the people who do this are not maniacs, but ordinary people
[QUOTE=-Chief-;23243180]How is this supposed to help prevent suicide?[/QUOTE]
Who cares. It's hilarious. Just like that warden in Arizona (?) who makes his prisoners wear pink, work outside in the hot sun for the state, and live in tents/sleep on cots. More prisons should be like this.
[QUOTE=ThePuska;23243217]It's disgusting to think that the people who do this are not maniacs, but ordinary people[/QUOTE]
And suddenly everything was just a little bit dimmer from there on for the young Billiam.
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