The US banned some interrogation techniques...

[conuly]

Apparently, the fact that they're banned by the Geneva convention isn't good enough for us. Well, not that I didn't already know that.

*hums slightly* I wonder how US prisons are run. Never thought about that before. I mean, honestly. If conditions in prisons here are similar to conditions there, then we should've expected this (we should've anyway, that's one of those things that happens when you don't work hard against it). Then of course, the question is "are conditions in our domestic prisons different from conditions on other prisons?". *runs to google*

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[rainbow-goddess.livejournal.com]

Apparently some of the people accused in the Iraqi prisoner tortures happen to be former U.S. prison guards.

[conuly]

Not surprised.

[rachelkachel]

I was reading something that said technically those prisoners in Iraq didn't fall under the Geneva Convention... I can't remember why not. Not that I think it justifies the abuse, of course, I just thought it was interesting...

[conuly]

They're not soldiers, and aren't therefore prisoners of war. I don't find this a compelling argument. The feeling behind the Geneva Convention is that you treat people with respect even when they're your enemy. To say that they don't deserve this because that's not the letter of the law is unconscionable.

[takaal.livejournal.com]

To inject a note of flippancy into a deadly-serious issue:

You were humming the Imperial March.
I know you were....

[conuly]

*sends her attack dolls to interrogate you*

[wakasplat.livejournal.com]

"*hums slightly* I wonder how US prisons are run. Never thought about that before. I mean, honestly. If conditions in prisons here are similar to conditions there, then we should've expected this (we should've anyway, that's one of those things that happens when you don't work hard against it). Then of course, the question is "are conditions in our domestic prisons different from conditions on other prisons?". *runs to google*"

The following is a description of jail (not prison) by an autistic woman who has previously *been* to prison:

http://staff.washington.edu/mjane/jail.html

From what I have heard, prisons are at least as bad as the psych system can get (only with prisons you get due process). Which makes them pretty bad. There's a pretty large prison reform movement in the US.

[conuly]

From what I have heard, prisons are at least as bad as the psych system can get (only with prisons you get due process). Which makes them pretty bad. There's a pretty large prison reform movement in the US.

Yeah, I'm not surprised. The only thing I know about the psych system comes from Lizziey, and at least some of the time she was there it was because there was no place else to put her. And I know about the reform movement, but I don't pry too deeply into actual conditions, usually.

[rainbow-goddess.livejournal.com]

Apparently some of the people accused in the Iraqi prisoner tortures happen to be former U.S. prison guards.

[conuly]

Not surprised.

[rachelkachel]

I was reading something that said technically those prisoners in Iraq didn't fall under the Geneva Convention... I can't remember why not. Not that I think it justifies the abuse, of course, I just thought it was interesting...

[conuly]

They're not soldiers, and aren't therefore prisoners of war. I don't find this a compelling argument. The feeling behind the Geneva Convention is that you treat people with respect even when they're your enemy. To say that they don't deserve this because that's not the letter of the law is unconscionable.

[takaal.livejournal.com]

To inject a note of flippancy into a deadly-serious issue:

You were humming the Imperial March.
I know you were....

[conuly]

*sends her attack dolls to interrogate you*

[wakasplat.livejournal.com]

"*hums slightly* I wonder how US prisons are run. Never thought about that before. I mean, honestly. If conditions in prisons here are similar to conditions there, then we should've expected this (we should've anyway, that's one of those things that happens when you don't work hard against it). Then of course, the question is "are conditions in our domestic prisons different from conditions on other prisons?". *runs to google*"

The following is a description of jail (not prison) by an autistic woman who has previously *been* to prison:

http://staff.washington.edu/mjane/jail.html

From what I have heard, prisons are at least as bad as the psych system can get (only with prisons you get due process). Which makes them pretty bad. There's a pretty large prison reform movement in the US.

[conuly]

From what I have heard, prisons are at least as bad as the psych system can get (only with prisons you get due process). Which makes them pretty bad. There's a pretty large prison reform movement in the US.

Yeah, I'm not surprised. The only thing I know about the psych system comes from Lizziey, and at least some of the time she was there it was because there was no place else to put her. And I know about the reform movement, but I don't pry too deeply into actual conditions, usually.