After years of avoiding extradition, Julian Assange’s appeal is likely his last chance. Here’s how it might unfold (and how we got here)

Philo@lemmy.zip · 9 months ago

After years of avoiding extradition, Julian Assange’s appeal is likely his last chance. Here’s how it might unfold (and how we got here)

quindraco@lemm.ee · 9 months ago

There are no laws are policies that protect anyone in federal prison.

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
The Service shall supervise and furnish medical treatment and other necessary medical, psychiatric, and related technical and scientific services, authorized by section 4005 of title 18, in penal and correctional institutions of the United States.
No government shall impose a substantial burden on the religious exercise of a person residing in or confined to an institution, as defined in section 1997 of this title, even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability, unless the government demonstrates that imposition of the burden on that person— (1) is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest; and (2) is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest.

This list is not intended to be exhaustive.

derphurr@lemmy.world · 9 months ago

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report on the Federal Bureau of Prisons released earlier this month found that 344 inmates died, the majority due to suicide or homicide, in federal institutions between 2014 and 2021. Other deaths were categorized as accidental or unknown, many of which involved drug overdoses, according to the report.

https://www.gao.gov/blog/federal-prisons-havent-addressed-longstanding-concerns-about-overuse-solitary-confinement

As of October, about 12,000 people were placed in restrictive housing across all federal prisons. People placed in restrictive housing typically spend at least 22 hours a day in a locked cell.

From a decade ago https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/new-report-confirms-solitary-confinement-federal-prisons-largely-unchecked

From Dick Durbin

According to GAO’s report, as of October 2023, BOP was housing about eight percent of its prison population in restrictive housing, or “solitary confinement.” In some cases, this includes isolating people in cells for up to 23 hours per day.