News - Powered by Yahoo NewsAttorneys: Solitary confinement for 3 charged in firebomb plot is 'cruel and unusual'
Lawyers for three men accused of plotting to firebomb police stations and other political targets during the NATO summit in Chicago said today their clients have been held in ?cruel and unusual? solitary confinement in Cook County Jail.
Tue, 22 May 2012 12:55:32 -0700 -
Confinement hot in the Year of Drago
Que has prepared some herbs for mothers and their newborns to bathe during the confinement period. Photo courtesy by Sin Chew Daily Zhang: Dried herbs are only sold at RM1 each bundle.
Tue, 15 May 2012 03:21:17 -0700 -
Dallas County hog confinement application is withdraw
A farm operation dropped its plans Tuesday for a Dallas County hog confinement that neighbors had said could harm livelihoods and the region's environment.
Wed, 16 May 2012 02:16:15 -0700 -
Increasing number of mentally ill inmates suing over confinement condition
Troy Anderson is a mentally ill inmate in isolation at the Colorado State Penitentiary, deemed for more than a decade too dangerous to be among other offenders.
Thu, 17 May 2012 01:13:54 -0700 -
Lynn Finley Shares Son David's Solitary Confinement NIghtmar
In movies, solitary confinement is what happens to prisoners who shank someone in the dining hall or attack a prison guard. Of the 15 months David Finley has been imprisoned, more than six months have been in solitary confinement, his mom said.
Thu, 17 May 2012 14:59:59 -0700 -
Request for Dallas County hog confinement withdraw
The application was set to be discussed and possibly voted on at a Tuesday meeting.
Tue, 15 May 2012 13:30:45 -0700 -
Solitary confinement for the mentally ill challenged in courts, report say
Wardens defend the practice as a safety measure, but activists call it cruel and unusual punishment.
Thu, 17 May 2012 06:07:23 -0700 -
2nd home confinement granted in shootin
HUNTINGTON -- A circuit judge has granted home confinement for the second of three people charged in a shooting and robbery at the Milton Flea Market.
Thu, 10 May 2012 21:16:45 -0700 -
Hog confinement applicant withdraws nam
The DCN just received word from the Dallas County Board of Supervisors that the hog confinement public hearing scheduled for 7 p.m. tonight has been cancelled. The applicant, Mike Brelsford - Continue reading...
Tue, 15 May 2012 12:56:12 -0700 -
No ruling on Colo. solitary inmate pending revie
DENVER?An inmate who has mental illness and has been held in solitary confinement for the last 12 years wants to once again "feel the sun against his skin," his lawyer told a federal court
Tue, 08 May 2012 06:47:20 -0700 -