Archive for the ‘Prisons’ Category

21
Aug

Guantánamo Bay (Spanish: Bahía de Guantánamo) is a bay located in Guantánamo Province at the southeastern end of Cuba (19°54′N 75°9′WCoordinates: 19°54′N 75°9′W). It is the largest harbor on the south side of the island and is surrounded by steep hills creating an enclave cut off from its immediate hinterland….       Gitmo – [...]

21
Aug

The Road to Guantanamo, alternatively The Road to Guantánamo, is a British 2006 docudrama directed by Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross about the incarceration of three British detainees (the ‘Tipton Three’) at a detainment camp in Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. It premiered at the Berlinale on 14 February 2006, and first shown in the [...]

12
Sep

Behind Bars A prison (from Old French prisoun)[1] is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime. Other terms are penitentiary, correctional facility, remand centre, detention [...]

14
Aug

Beginning in 2004, human rights violations in the form of physical, psychological, and sexual abuse, including torture, rape, sodomy and homicide of prisoners held in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq (also known as BaghdadCorrectional Facility) came to public attention. These acts were committed by military police personnel of the United States Army together with [...]

12
Sep

MSNBC Lockup Raw Five of the most notorious inmates to ever appear on Lockup reveal startling insights into their shocking brands of predatory behavior.       Lockup Raw – Predatory Behavior (1/6) TitleLockup Raw – Predatory Behavior (1/6) Runtime9:23 Views468,840 TitleLockup Raw – Predatory Behavior (2/6) Runtime5:48 Views234,485 TitleLockup Raw – Predatory Behavior (3/6) [...]

12
Sep

The Mark of Cain documents the fading art form and language of Russian criminal tattoos, formerly a forbidden topic in Russia. The now vanishing practice is seen as reflecting the transition of the broader Russian society. Filmed in some of Russia;s most notorious prisons, including the fabled White Swan, the interviews with prisoners, guards, and [...]

12
Sep

The prison houses many foreign prisoners. It is a harsh prison which handles death row and long-sentence prisoners. All prisoners are required to wear leg irons for the first three months of their sentences. Death row inmates have their leg irons permanently welded on.[citation needed] In the book The Damage Done former prisoner Warren Fellows [...]