Comments on: Take Action Against Secretive Political Prisons

By: Will Potter

Will Potter — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:12:53 +0000

So we have a winner! I printed out the comments page, numbered them, and then asked someone to randomly pick a number. And the winner is (drumroll…) Alexis Cornell! I'll email her privately for an address to send the copy of Dean Kuiper's book.

Thanks to everyone for submitting comments!

By: a SHU prisoner's wife

a SHU prisoner's wife — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:52:44 +0000

WOW>. this is AMERICA?
this is so sad,,,, I hope to gawd this sort of prison is reserved for ONLY Greedy politicians, Greedy Earth corrupters and members of the BOP and corrupt prison officials and employees…

yeah … nothing is as inhumane as this…. what is it to accomplish? what sadisitc bastard allows such censorship? this not only violates the typical 8th amendment RIGHT, but Our GIVEN FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS>… never would I think AMERICAN could be so SICK and DEPRAVED

By: Millie Barnet

Millie Barnet — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 07:51:33 +0000

This is truly a frightening move. The prison system in this country is already far more politically driven than most citizens realize. At what point along the movement into fascism does it become impossible for the people to stop it. I don't think we should wait to see.

By: Sally Eberhardt

Sally Eberhardt — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 02:30:24 +0000

My comment just submitted:

I am writing to register my grave opposition to the US' use of Communicationa Management Units (CMUs) and to register extreme opposition to the proposal that these units be made permanent. It's actually hard to believe that in our country, which is supposed to lead the world in democracy, we have gotten so terribly derailed and have had to resort to this cruel, inhumane and immoral form of detention, a form of detention which also quite clearly violates international legal definitions of basic due process rights and human rights. Rather than continuing to use CMUs and indeed building new CMUs, the US should instead be outlawing the use of CMUs immediately.

By: Will Potter

Will Potter — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 02:28:45 +0000

Hi Kate. Yep, that's right. We've been telling folks the 2nd because the Center for Constitutional Rights is trying to round up comments by that day (they're one of the groups challenging CMUs in court).

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 02:19:42 +0000

From the regulations.gov site, it looks as tho' you can submit comments on the CMUs until June 7th.

By: Donna Feroli-Karo

Donna Feroli-Karo — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 01:20:35 +0000

I can't imagine that our government would condone the use of such barbaric measures to contain inmates in prison. This is torturous. It is total sensory deprivation. How can anyone believe that this type of confinement is to the benefit of anyone. Do they not understand the statistics that tell us that 98% of all inmates will return to the streets someday. The strategies learned in prison for behavioral management will return these men to the streets angry and much more hostile than when they entered the system. Who is the absolute 'moron' making these decisions, Hitler reincarnate. The purpose for the secrecy is to prevent the public from learning of these sick tactics. Dear God what have we come to?

By: Super-Secretive Supermax Prisons: Last Day to Register Opposition « Solitary Watch

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:22:12 +0000

[...] New Red, who has been tracking the CMUs for some time, provides all the relevant information in this post, which we are running in full. The comments section of the post includes sample statements that [...]

By: qwerty

qwerty — Fri, 28 May 2010 08:29:20 +0000

Just submitted this:

Prisoners are not stripped of their due process constitutional rights their human rights upon conviction of a crime. This statute, as written, leaves the door wide open for a variety of legal challenges. The statute appears to be on shaky due process ground due to the lack of notice given to transferees and the lack of transferees' ability to challenge their transfer without the benefit of any meaningful review process or external oversight, especially if such transfer is deemed to be punitive. The statute also appears to warrant human rights or cruel and unusual punishment challenges due to the intense isolation of the prisoners without adequate due process protections. Furthermore, if this statute is enforced in a similar manner that such units have been since their inception, it also appears to be open to equal protection, freedom of religion, speech, and association claims due to the overwhelming majority of prisoners being Muslim or political beliefs. All of these problems with the statute are especially problematic due to the lack of necessity of such units as the general prison population is subject to communications monitoring and regulations.

By: Jessica Hiemenz

Jessica Hiemenz — Wed, 26 May 2010 19:50:36 +0000

Just submitted:
CMUs are a very bad idea – for the prisoners, for democracy, for our system. I am very against the idea of CMUs and encourage you to shut them down. Please do not extend them permanently. CMUs are a total violation of human rights – not allowing prisoners to see their families during visitation time. Holding prisoners in secretive areas is very scary and does not belong in the 21st century America.